This is an analysis of A Penitential Hymne by Henry King.
Hearken O God unto a Wretches cryes
Who low dejected at thy footstool lies.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabbccddeeffbbccccbbddccffaagg
- Stanza lengths: 30,
- Metre: 1011100101 1101011101 1101001101 1101110100 1111110101 0111010111 1111010101 1111011101 011110011001 1111111100 1111111101 0101000111 1111011101 1011001010 1110110101 1111000101 1111110101 1110010101 0101010101 1111011101 1111011111 1101010101 1101000101 1101111101 1101011101 1111110101 1111010011 1101101111 1111010101 0111000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 30
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