This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 112 that begins with:
The blessings of the liberal man.
That man is blest who stands in awe... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXabca ddadda aaedde aafeef d ddaddaXbceeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,1,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001001 11011101 01110101 01111001 01010110 11000100 10010101 01010101 01110101 01010101 11010001 11110001 11110111 01110101 01010101 01010001 10110111 01010101 11010101 01010101 01110101 01010101 01110101 11001001 11010101 1 11010101 01111101 11110101 11011111 01000100 11111101 01010101 11110100 01110101 11110111 11010101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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, and, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.
The author used the same word his at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Psalm 112;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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