This is an analysis of the poem The Valley Of Baca that begins with:

PSALM LXXXIV.
A brackish lake is there with bitter pools... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaXbb acacdd aeafdX aeafdd eafagg ahahii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 0101010101 1001011101 0101010101 1001110100 1101100101 1101010101 1101111101 0111000101 0111110100 0101110111 0101111001 0100010001 1111111111 1101011111 1101101101 10011000100 0101111101 0101110110 1111001111 1101010101 0111010101 1000110100 1001110111 1001100101 1111011111 0100010001 1111110100 0111100101 1101111101 0100011101 1111011101 1001111100 0111011111 01110111001 11110010111 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, of are repeated.

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

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