This is an analysis of the poem Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven that begins with:

Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven;
To His feet Thy tribute bring! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababCb XdXdCX dedeCe fafacaXcdcdCd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 0011101 100101010 1110111 1111 1010101 11101110 0110001 11101110 1011101 1111 10000100 10111111 1110111 00111011 1110111 1111 1010101 111010110 1011001 11101110 1010101 1111 1010101 10110011 1011101 11111011 1010111 1111 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; praise, him, us, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word praise is repeated.

    The author used the same word praise at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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