This is an analysis of Te Deum Laudamus by Francis Joseph Sherman.

I will praise God alway for each new year,
Knowing that it shall be most worthy of…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaa bXaXc cXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,4,
  • Metre: 1011101111 1010101100 0101010101 1011010101 0111110101 0101110101 1001111101 1111010111 1110110111 1101110111 11111101101 1111111100 1111000101 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

his, know, i

Anaphora

i