This is an analysis of the poem Psalm Xxxvi: High In The Heav'Ns that begins with:
High in the heav'ns, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede fbfb fXbg haha bibX efef bjbj ihih baba bgbg khkh hbhb ibiX alal meme aXam aeae hmhm nbnb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010101 11001101 11111101 11110101 11011101 11010101 11010011 11010101 11000111 11111101 01010011 11110101 11110011 111111001 01010001 10011011 00010011 11010110 11010101 11010011 11010111 010010001 10111111 01010011 11110101 110111 11011101 101011100 11111101 1001101 11111001 101101 11110111 1101010 11110101 0100110 11010101 110101 11010101 0110001 01010101 110101 11110101 111101 10011101 110101 01011011 110101 01110111 110101 0100010111 111101 11010101 111111 11010101 111101 111101 110111 11110101 11010100 110101 001101 10111101 010101 010111 011111 10010001 111101 110101 110010 11011111 010111 110101 110101 01010101 111101 010101 010101 11010101 010101 110001 1111001 11011101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; thy, his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, their, his are repeated.
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