This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 45: The Happy Change that begins with:

How bless'd Thy creature is, O God,
When with a single eye, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc deae Xfff cgagXcdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011 100101 11010011 010011 11011101 111101 01010011 010101 11110101 010111 10110101 110101 01010101 010101 101100101 1101001 010011101 010101 110100011 110001 11010001 0101101 11011101 110101
  • 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.

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