This is an analysis of A Desire To Praise by Thomas Parnell.

Propitious Son of God to thee
With all my soul I bend my knee,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeefXgg ffccffaa hhiiccjjggddbbeedd Xjkkeebbff eeXdee aalleeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,8,18,10,6,8,
  • Metre: 01010101 01111111 11111101 11011111 11110101 11010101 11010101 1011101 01111101 11111111 11110101 01010010 11010111 11011101 11010001 1011111 01110101 11010101 01110101 11110001 11010100 11011101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010111 1110101 11111111 1010101 11010101 1110101 1110101 1010111 1111101 1010101 1010101 11011101 11010101 1010111 1111101 1110110 1111111 01010111 01010101 11110101 11010001 01110101 01010111 110100101 01001101 111100101 10110101 110110010 1011101 110001001 11010111 11110101 11011101 01010101 01010101 01010111 01011111 11110101 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 64

Repeated words/phrases

my, and

Anaphora

whose