This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 55 that begins with:
v.1-8,16-18,22
C. M.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xab cccc dede efef gcgc haha bbbb c ijij keke ebeb lclc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 11 01100101101 11110111 1001101 11111101 110011 11010111 110111 11110101 011101 01011111 110101 10110111 010101 10110101 110011 11110101 011101 11011101 110101 11010101 010101 11110101 010101 01011111 111111 1 11011101 110111 01111101 101101 11011101 111101 11010101 010111 11110101 010101 11010101 111101 11011101 111101 11010101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 44
- 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; my, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
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- summary of Psalm 55;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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