This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn To Contentment that begins with:

Lovely, lasting peace of mind!
Sweet delight of human-kind!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaadd eeaabbddddffccaabbccdd eegg aaaahhiiccgX ggbbXXffggjjjj bbggddffbbffXddhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,22,4,12,14,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1010101 10011111 010100001 01010001 11000101 10110111 01110101 11010111 01010111 01010101 01110111 01010011 11000101 01100101 11010101 01111101 11100111 01011101 111101001 11010101 11111101 01011101 110000101 1110001 010101001 10010101 01010001 10010111 11000101 01010101 11111101 1010101 01010111 01010101 11010001 11110111 11110001 11011101 01010111 01110101 01010001 111110110 11110101 11111101 01100101 11011101 110101010 1110101 01100101 1111101 01010111 1110100 010010111 1011101 1110101 11010111 01010001 11010101 01111111 11111111 11110101 01110101 01011101 01110111 01110101 011110001 01110101 01110101 01010001 1011111 1011111 11110111 11110101 11011101 11011101 11010101 11011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 388
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and, my, that, your are repeated.

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

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