This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 5: Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace that begins with:
Jesus! whose blood so freely stream'd
To satisfy the law's demand; ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa baba cdcd efef ghghXfcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111101 01010101 11011101 01010111 01010101 11010101 11011101 11100101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11111101 11011101 11010101 01010001 11110101 11011101 01111101 11011101 10010101 11011101 11011101 11100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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