This is an analysis of the poem Psalm I. that begins with:
The man is blest whose feet not tread,
By wicked counsailes led: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccbbddaaXXaaeeXXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 1101001 11010101 010101 11101001 110101 101111011 010101 11010101 110101 110111001 110101 11010101 110101 11001001 010010 11010111 111101 10010101 110101 110101110 010111 110010101 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 777
- Average number of words per stanza: 132
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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