This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 119 Part 13 that begins with:

Holy fear, and tenderness of conscience.
ver. 10 ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X abab X cded X aeXe X fXfX X gege X chch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100010 11 01111111 111101 01011101 110101 11 11110111 011101 10110101 0100101 11 00010001 111101 11011101 110111 11 11011101 110101 11010101 111101 11 11010101 010011 110101001 010001 11 11111111 110101 11110101 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Psalm 119 Part 13;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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