This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 104 that begins with:
The glory of God in creation and providence.
My soul, thy great Creator praise:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbb ccbb bbdd ccee cccc ccbb ffgg hhbb g bbcc bbXX aaee ccaa X bbgg iijj aagg ccbb bbkk jjgg llff ggee X ccbb ccbb eeee eemm iibb hhaa iigg Xinn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100100101100 11110101 11000101 10110001 11010101 01110101 0100011101 110100111 1110101 10101101 010011010 11111101 01010101 01010101 11111101 11010001 10110101 11110001 11010101 11010101 01000101 01010111 10110111 11011101 101111101 11010101 11010111 11011101 11011101 01011101 01110101 11011101 11110001 11 10010101 101101010 01010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 0111010010 010101010 11010101 01010101 11110101 01011101 11011101 01010101 11110101 11010011 11 01010101 10010101 10011101 11110111 01010101 11010101 01010111 11010101 110101001 01010101 11110101 11110111 11011101 11011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01111001 10111101 010011101 11111111 110011101 11010111 01010101 11110001 11010111 01010111 11000101 11011101 11010101 11010100 11110101 11 11110101 11010111 10110101 10110011 11010101 11010100 10111111 01110101 11110111 11001101 11111101 11110101 11111101 11010111 01010101 01010111 01010001 11000101 1100101001 01010001 011100111 11110101 11011111 11110101 01111101 11110101 11011101 10010101 110101100 11010011 10111101 01010001
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 116
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, his, their, and, with, thy, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.
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- summary of Psalm 104;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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