This is an analysis of the poem Psalm Lvii that begins with:
Lord, grant, oh grant me thy compassion ;
For I in thee my trust haue placed ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabX bXbcdd ccccaa XXXXbb acaccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111010 11011111 011111100 01111101 01111111 0111111 011011011 1111010010 111111011 11010101 01011101 111101101 11011101 1101011 11111101 11110111 11011111 11111111 111111010 110111010 111111100 111010010 01110101 11010100 11110111 111101010 11100111 111011010 11111111 11110110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, my are repeated.
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