This is an analysis of the poem Psalm Xxiii that begins with:
The shepherd Christ from heav'n arriv'd,
My flesh and spirit feeds; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fgfg hihi jaja
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 111101 11111001 011101 110010101 010101 11111101 110101 11110101 101101 01010101 111101 11111101 011101 11101111 011101 11110101 010101 11111101 111101 1111111 111101 10110101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; i, my are repeated.
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- summary of Psalm Xxiii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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