This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 109 that begins with:
v.1-5,31
C. M.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX bcdc efef gfgf bhdh ebeb iaia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11 101000001001 10110111 110011 11010111 001001 10010101 111111 01010111 1100101 110000101 111101 11010101 110100 11010101 100101 111100101 110101 11110101 010111 11010101 011100 01111101 101101 11011111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word their is repeated.
The author used the same word their at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Psalm 109;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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