This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 31: On The Death Of A Minister that begins with:

His master taken from his head,
Elisha saw him go; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc bdbd dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001 100111 10100101 111101 11010111 010001 11111001 110101 11011101 111001 01010110 111101 11011001 110101 11010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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