This is an analysis of People Of The Living God by James Montgomery.

People of the living God,
I have sought the world around;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabXbX cdcdefef gXgXghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1000101 1110101 1011101 1110111 1011101 1010010 1011101 1011001 1011101 1010101 1111011 1111011 1011101 1100101 1111111 10010101 1110111 1010111 1010011 10101010 1011111 1011111 1111111 1110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, thy, i

Anaphora

where

Anadiplosis

turns