This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 118 that begins with:
v.22-27
S. M.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa bcbc abab bcbc dede fefeXecec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11 110010111011001011 110101 010001 11110101 0101001 011101 011101 11011101 101101 011101 110011 01010101 010101 0001001 111001 11011111 110101 100001 010101 11111101 010011 111101 110101 11011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; day, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, let are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Psalm 118;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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