This is an analysis of Hymn Sung At A Sacred Concert At Columbia, S.C. by Henry Timrod.
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Faint falls the gentle voice of prayer…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bbcc X ddaa X ccee
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Metre: 1 11010101 00111101 11111101 11101101 1 11110101 01110101 11011101 11010101 1 11010001 11010111 11010101 01111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 15
