This is an analysis of the poem Psalm Xxxiv: Lord, I Will Bless Thee that begins with:

Lord, I will bless thee all my days,
Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede fafa agag chch ghgh bdbd aiai caia cdcd ajaj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11110111 11110011 11010101 11010101 11110101 11100111 11011101 11111101 11010101 11110101 11010011 01011111 11010101 01010001 10011101 01010111 01011101 11111101 11011101 01110101 11011101 11110101 1101010 10001101 11011101 01010011 11011101 010100101 11011101 011100101 11010101 01010101 01110011 11010101 010100101 01011101 10010101 10110101 11010101 11111111 01011101 01011101 10010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, his, your, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, his are repeated.

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