This is an analysis of the poem The Morning Of The Day Appointed For A General Thanksgiving. January 18, 1816 that begins with:

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HAIL, orient Conqueror of gloomy Night!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccXdbdaeefgeaheXhaehigaicaccdcXcdd X jkkhhjjlblblmhhlhemee X cXacXeeeeemmddccagdXblblcc X ggnnbbiin a ollhholaahhjjccppgbba a dqqddhhhhhccee X bcbchXaanene X oagoooqkkqbeebcceqeqcc X hXhXbeXbbbrdrrdfaXbccgaddojaXqXbbbbnoncocccc h kekekeXmddmbbqqbbbblol
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,35,1,21,1,26,1,9,1,21,1,14,1,12,1,22,1,44,1,41,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 11011000101 1111010101 11100010011 10110010101 010101111 1101010101 1011100101 11000111101 0101010111 1101000101 11001010101 1101100 10001010101 1111110001 11011001101 010001 1110011110 1111 10010111101 1101001101 1101010101 01010010101 1101110100 010111 011101 1001000101 10010101001 0101010001 1101111111 1101100101 1111110101 11110111000 110101 1111011111 101101110101 1 10110001010 1101011111 1101111101 1101010101 1101010001 0101010 100011001010 10010010111 1111000101 1111110101 1001000111 1111100001 0011111111 01010101 0100100 11100100101 01001001101 1101010111 01000101 110101 1101010101 1 1111010101 1111010000 1101010111 0101010111 1101010110 01010101000 0101000101 11001010101 01010101001 1101010101 1101001101 010111 10010101 0111010111 0111010101 1111010101 11010100011 01010100 11010111 11010010 1101010101 0101010101 1101110111 0101001101 1101110001 0111101101 1 1101001110 110101010 11110101 110010101 01010011101 1111010101 1111011101 1101010111 111111011101 1 11000100001 1101010001 11110010111 1101010111 11001010101 1101010101 1101010101 11110101 01011011101 1001001101 10110010101 11000101110 11001010 011101001 0101010011 010011 010001 1011000100 110001 110011 10010111011 1 0101000100 01011100011 10010110101 11010101011 0101110101 1010000101 1101110101 1111111001 1101010101 11001101011 1001010101 11001000101 1011011001 1101011100 1 1101010 10010101 10011101110 1001110001 111100001 1001010100 11110101 11010100101 1111001111 0101000010010 0101010011 010001101010 1 1101011101 0110 011100 1101110101 0101010101 1111011101 101010001 100101 0101001 0111010101 1101010001 010110 11010111010101 0101010101 1111100111 0101010011 1111010111 11110001010 110100001001 010010101010 1101010101 0101010001 1 01110111 01000110 11100001 1100110 10011101001 1100000101 110101010 1111001101 11001010100 1101000101 1101110111 01010011001 1111100111 01001011111 0101010101 10110011111 01010001 10010010 01001101 1111000101 1111111011 1111110100 11101011101 10010010111 10110100 1011010101 01111110 11011011010 1001011000 010100010010 11010101000 111101010 010011010 1101010001 110101010101 110101101001 1011011101 1111001101 0111011101 110101 11011000101 110001 1101010001 1100011101 1 1101010101 10110001101 1101100111 0101110011 1101110101 0111010100 110101010 0101010101 10110101010 0111010001 0100010101 1010101001001 1110010101 10110010 100101010 11001010101 1001000101 0100111001 1101111101 1001010001 11001000111 1001010101 0101000101 11011101 0111110101 010101 1111010101 1011110101 1101110101 01000010101 10110010101 10110010101 0101010001 010001 1101000 0101010 1101010 00100001 11001010011 101101010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 484
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 255
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, we, that, to, guilt, and, thy, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, of, for, by, and, as are repeated.

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