This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 14: Jehovah-Shammah that begins with:
As birds their infant brood protect,
And spread their wings to shelter them, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX bXbc dede dfdf cgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11110100 11010001 10111000 11100100 01010001 10010101 11010101 01010001 01000101 11011101 01011101 110111001 110101101 01011101 01110111 11011101 01010101 010111010 111100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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