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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