This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 26: On Opening A Place For Social Prayer that begins with:

Jesus! where'er Thy people meet,
There they behold Thy mercy seat; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc ddcc eeff bbgg eehh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001101 11011101 100111111 110010101 11011101 10000101 11011111 11011011 11001101 11010101 00110101 01001101 111101001 01011101 011101001 111100111 01110101 11010101 11110101 11100101 11111111 11111111 110101101 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; thy, to, and, thine are repeated.

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

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