This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 147 that begins with:
v.7-9,13-18
C. M.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa Bcbc dede fcfc gaga ebeb chch ededXbbBb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 11 010001 01110101 110111 10011101 110101 110100101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 01010101 000101 11011101 110101 01010101 011101 01011001 010101 10010111 1101001 01110101 110101 11011101 011101 11010101 1100101 01010101 010101 01110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The author used the same words he, his at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Psalm 147;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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