This is an analysis of the poem The Testimony Of Divine Adoption that begins with:

How happy are the new–born race,
Partakers of adopting grace!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ccdbbd eefggf hhahhX iihcch ccicciXbbciic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 10000101 110111 10011101 01110101 110101 01010111 101101110 010101 10110101 11010011 110101 11011101 11100101 110111 01010101 010001111 010111 01111101 01010101 010101 11010001 10011101 110100 11000101 11010101 1100001 01110111 11010101 111101 11011101 01011101 010111 01010111 00010101 110101 10010101 11010101 010001 11010101 11010001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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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  • summary of The Testimony Of Divine Adoption;
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  • history of its creation;
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