This is an analysis of A Little Te Deum For These Times by William Arthur Dunkerley.

We thank Thee, Lord,
For mercies manifold in these dark days;-…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbbcddddXeeacXcXedXA
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 1111 1101010111 1101111101 1101000111 1111000111 11001010101 11111111010 1111000101 11110000101 1111000101 1111010011 1111011101 1110010101 1100110111 0101010011 1111100101 1111010101 1101010100 1101010101 11010111010 010111100 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

for, of, and

Anaphora

for

Epiphora

men