This is an analysis of Saints by Virna Sheard.

The Saints of Thy great Church, 0 Christ,
How vast their numbers be--…

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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