This is an analysis of the poem Paraphrase Of Psalm: Cxlviii that begins with:
Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
PRAISE ye the Lord! on every height... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab cacX dada eXeX bfbf fXfX gggg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101001011001 110111001 100101 11011101 100101 11001011110 011101 100111010 010100 10011111 110011 10010001 110111 110110111 110000 11011101 011010 101101011 110001 10011101 110111 10010111 101101 11110001 111100 11010101 1101010 110010101 11101110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye, praise, lord, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words praise, oh are repeated.
The author used the same word praise at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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