This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 116 Part 1 that begins with:

Recovery from sickness.
I love the Lord; he heard my cries,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef ghgX hghg iaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0100010 11011111 1111001 11111101 110001 11011101 111101 11111101 111101 11011101 111101 11011101 0111001 10101110101 1010011 110110001 11001110 01101101 111101 01110111 111101 11111101 111101 10011111 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.

    The author used the same words i, my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Psalm 116 Part 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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