This is an analysis of the poem Daily, Daily, Sing The Praises that begins with:

Daily, daily, sing the praises
Of the city God hath made;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb c adcd ebeb c efXf c afef c GDHD c eiai c GDHD c fjaj c ccccXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 0010111 00101010 0010111 01 11111010 10111001 11101010 1010101 10101110 1011101 00100010 1010101 01 00101110 1010101 10101110 0010101 01 00101010 1110101 10100010 1010101 01 10101010 1110101 10101010 1010011 01 10111110 1010101 10101010 0010101 01 10101010 1110101 10101010 1010011 01 10101010 1010001 00101010 101101 01 11111010 1011101 11111110 0110101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, would are repeated.

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