This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 07 that begins with:

Aug. 14. 1653.
Upon The Words Of Chush The Benjamite Against Him.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XaXaab cdcddc efXffe gXaXXa hchcch ddiddd ciciic gfXffg bfXffb jfjfXj iiXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011 0101010100011 1110111 11101110 1010111 110101110 110111010 1011101 1110111 1100100 00110111 1011111 1011101 111111 11000111 11010111 11100111 0011101 0011111 1001001 1010011 1110101 01111110 111111010 1011110 10111010 110100110 0011101 1011001010 01111011 01010101 110001010 1110100 01001100 1010010 01111101 01010100 11101101 1010101 11101111 1111101 1011011 0111111 11010111 10011101 1101001010 01010110 011101110 010111010 01011111 01010011 10110101 1101010 101110001 10011011 1111101 110011101 11000111 01011111 11011011 010001000 1101011 1010101 01000101 110111 0010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; if, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

    The author used the same word lord at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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