This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 2: Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord Will Provide that begins with:

The saints should never be dismay'd,
Nor sink in hopeless fear; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dada ebeb fafa agag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110001 110101 11110101 010001 010111101 111110 11110101 0101010 11011101 110111 11010101 0100101 11010101 110111 11010101 111001 110101101 111001 110011101 010001 11010001 110101 01010101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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