This is an analysis of the poem Olney Hymn 68: Light Shining Out Of Darkness that begins with:
God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gggg hihX Xjij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001001 010001 11011001 110101 10010001 010101 11010101 110100 11011101 011111 11010111 010111 11011101 111101 01010100 110101 01000101 0101010 01110101 110001 11000101 110101 10010100 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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