This is an analysis of the poem Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord, If I Contend that begins with:
Justus quidem tu es, Domine, si disputem tecum:
verumtamen justa loquar ad te: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaa bccb bccbdedede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101011010110010 1000101011 11010010001 1101110101 0111111101 1110110111 1010110101 1111001111 1111110111 01111011101 10110111111 1101111111 110001110001101 0101011111 0111111111 1101111111 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, thou are repeated.
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