This is an analysis of Hymn by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
FOR A BROTHER'S INSTALLATION
Lord, are there any stones upon the way,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcXc deae dfcf ggdg Xhch bXcg Xgcg diXi ehgh ghch Xgbhb
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 10101010 1111010101 111101 0111110011 111101 0111010101 110111 1111011101 111101 0101110011 111111 1100110011 011101 1111110001 110101 1001000111 010111 1111001000 111111 1001010001 110111 0101010111 111000 11110010001 010101 1101010111 010101 0111000111 010101 1111111101 010101 1111010101 110001 1011010011 110010 1101010101 110111 1101110111 010111 0111011111 010101 0111010001 110111 0101111111 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 55
Repeated words/phrases
that, to, us
Anaphora
to, the
