This is an analysis of Saints by Virna Sheard.
The Saints of Thy great Church, 0 Christ,
How vast their numbers be--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcX dedece XfXfdf cadaXaXfcfcec
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 01011111 111100 11011101 11111 10010101 110100 11011101 111111 10010001 101111 10111101 100101 110110000 1000001 11010101 111101 11111101 111111 11011111 110101 10111101 101111 110101111 010101 10010111 100101 101101110 101101 10011011 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, men
Anaphora
saints, men