This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 19: Contentment that begins with:

Fierce passions discompose the mind,
As tempests vex the sea, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede afaf afaX dcdc bbbX XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 110101 11101111 111101 01110111 110100 11100101 1101001 11011111 010101 01001011 111111 11010111 111101 11110101 010101 110100101 011101 11111101 111110 11011101 111111 11110101 110101 11111101 010011 11111111 011110 11111101 011001 10110101 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; my is repeated.

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