This is an analysis of the poem The Lord Helps His Devotees that begins with:

The voice falters
when it sings of the deeds of the Lord...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbXXXXXXacXaXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110 101001001 1110010 111001001110100 1001 1010101010001101000 110011001 01010001 1101010111 101100101 1011101100 1101011010 0101001 1011011100 10010110110001101000 11010010 111000100100100 11100011 110001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 741
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

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  • summary of The Lord Helps His Devotees;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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