This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 61: The Narrow Way that begins with:
What thousands never knew the road!
What thousands hate it when 'tis known! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac adad cece fgfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11010111 11010101 01110111 01010101 11010111 11110101 10010001 11111101 01110001 10110101 11111101 01110111 11010101 11001110 01010111 10011101 01011101 11110101 01010011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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