This is an analysis of the poem Mcandrew's Hymn that begins with:

Lord, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream,
An', taught by time, I tak' it so -- exceptin' always Steam.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeeffggXeeccbXhXiiccjjkkeehheecclldXddmmbbbbiiddfXbXXXggXnggbbgXffcccnnniiikkXeeeee bbggbbhhiillccggllddiiXccciinnbbfdnnhhnnXehhbbeeXhccoohXddnnaaaaddXeddXbbbbdXeXddeebibbbfXoohhnhnggegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 90,102,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11110101011001 11111101100111 01010101111111 11010001111001 11011101100101 110001011100000 11011101111101 11010111011111 11010101111111 11010111110101 11111101010111 11010111110101 11110111110111 11001001111101 01110100 1111101 11110100110101 11110111110111 11010101110001 01010111111101 11000100110010 11110101111101 101101011111010 10010100110111 01010111011101 11010101111101 11011101010111 11110101110111 11110101110101 110111111111010 1000101011101110 10111111110101 11111001110101 01111101110111 11010101111101 11011111111111 010010101011001 110101001110011 11110101110101 11111111101111 11101111110011 01111100111101 11011111101100 11111101110011 01010001010101 01110111011111 11111101111011 110101001011101 11001101010111 11111101110011 11111101110101 11010111111111 11111111011101 11111101111101 111110011001101 01111111110101 11010001111100 11011101110111 10111100011100 11100111110111 111111111001100 11111111010101 11010001101100 101010101011110 111111001111011 1110010011111 010100101110101 11110101110111 1111011011010101 11110111110101 11010010111001010 11011111110101 11111101011111 11110100011111 0101011110011 01010101110111 11111101010101 11011111110111 11010101111101 11110111011111 11010111010101 111101001110011 111111111111110 111101011111110 100010111110011000 11111111011101 11011101111101 11111101011101 11010111111101 11010101110101 10110111110101 11110101110101 110001101111101 11110011110101 10110101011101 01010111111111 11011101011101 01111101010101 11111111110111 11110100111101 11110111110111 11100101110111 11010101011101 10011111111111 01110100111111 11010111110111 11111101110111 11111001111001 11111111111101 11011101011111 11011101111101 01001111100111 10111010100101010 111101001110101 111100111111101 010101101011101 11110111111101 11010111110101 10110110110111 11110101111100 10011111111101 011101101010101 01010111110111 11110111111101 1111110111010110 111001011111010 01011101010101 11000111111101 11111101111111 11111101110111 1101100110101 11010111111101 11111101111101 101010101010001 01110111110101 11010111000010 11111101111101 11010001110101 11110111110101 11110101110101 01111101111011 11010101110101 11101101110101 11010101111101 111111101110111 100101111101110 110101110111001 10011101110111 01111100110101 10110101111101 01011111011111 11011101010111 01110101110001 10100101011101 01110101011111 11011101110101 010101010101110 11110101 1100101 111011110010101 10010111110100 10010101110101 011111011100111 11110101110111 11010101111111 11111100010111 10101011111010100 11010101110111 101010101010010000 11111101110101 11110001110101 11010101011101 11011100110101 11110110111101 110101101 111111 10111101011101 01111101100110 11111101110111 11010101010100 11011111110111 11111111110011 11010101110111 11111111110111 11111111110111 11111001 11010101 10110100010101 1101111100101001 1111 1100111101 11010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4012
  • Average number of words per stanza: 722
  • Amount of lines: 193
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, an', on, marks, in, new, me, my, i, ye, them, ha' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, i, ye are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Mcandrew's Hymn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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