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

When Israel, of the Lord beloved,
Out from the land of bondage came,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd cececece efefghgh cecehchX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001010 10010101 01010101 11010111 110100101 01010101 1101001001 010100101 11010101 11110101 1110111 01110101 11111101 01010101 11011111 11110011 10111101 110101001 01010101 01000101 11110111 01110101 011100101 01010101 11111101 01010111 11011101 11110111 11110101 01011011 00110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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

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