This is an analysis of the poem Psalm Concerning The Castle that begins with:

Let me be at the place of the castle.
Let the castle be within me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbaXXXXcdcedbbXcXXfdefaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010010 10100011 101110011 1011001110011 1101010101010 1101001 11001010100101 100110101 101100110011010 1011110111001 1101011 1010000101001011 11110 10101001011101 10101001010011 110111110111 11010100010 10111010011010 1110101101100 1011010011010 11101011101001 1110100101011 11101010110101 1010011010011 11011010010110 1101011101010 101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1658
  • Average number of words per stanza: 262
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; let, of, be, her are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines be is repeated).

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