This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 101 that begins with:
The magistrate's Psalm.
Mercy and judgment are my song;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaaa bbXc bbXX ddbb eeff ccbbXbbee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001 10110111 11110101 11011101 01111111 01110101 11110011 11011101 10010011 11011101 11110101 11011101 11011100 11010111 10010011 01010101 01111101 11011101 01010111 01111100 101111001 01110101 11010101 11010011 01010101 001011101 11111101 11110101 111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, thy, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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