This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 11 that begins with:

God loves the righteous and hates the wicked.
My refuge is the God of love;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXbX acac dede fcfg dhdh gfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011010 11000101 11110111 1010101001 010111010 01000101 11010011 11001101 11010101 01011101 01010101 01110111 01111101 01010111 01111111 11011001 01010111 101010111 100101011 11110101 01000101 01011101 11110101 10010110 01101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Psalm 11;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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