This is an analysis of the poem A Heathen Hymn that begins with:
LORD, the Giver of my days,
My heart is ready, my heart is ready ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaa bccb daXd eeXe bccb dXXd fabf cdcc egce cacc bfdbXgccg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011 1101011010 11111111 11110111 111100101 111101110 10011111 01010101 11010101 11011111 11110111 11111001 111111011 110011111 10111111 11011101 11110111 010111010 111111010 111100101 10111111 11111111 11010101 10111101 11010101 01011101 01110101 11110101 100011101 01011101 01110101 11011001 011100101 101101001 1011010001 11101101 01011110 11010111 10010101 11100101 11110101 011101011 11110111 11010011 10010110 111100001 110111110 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; my, i, nor, and, because, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, we, because are repeated.
The author used the same word because at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hidden is repeated).
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