This is an analysis of Ask What I Shall Give Thee (Ii) by John Newton.
If Solomon for wisdom prayed,
The Lord before had made him wise;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fgfg hXhX hihi afafXieie
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01001101 01011111 11010111 11110101 11010101 11010101 110110010 01110101 11011101 11110101 01110101 10110101 11110101 010110111 11011101 11110011 11111111 111101010 11000101 11011101 10110101 10110111 01110111 11010101 11011101 10110111 01110101 01011111 11011111 10110101 11011111 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
he, our, and, to, or
Anaphora
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