This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 119 Part 9 that begins with:
Desire of knowledge; or, The teachings of the Spirit with the word.
ver. 64,68,18 ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X abab X acac X caca X deXe X cfcf X bgbg X chch X idid
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001010100010001 11 11010111 101101 10110111 111101 11 11110111 110011 11110101 010111 11 10010101 111101 11011111 101101 11 11011101 111101 11010011 111101 11 01010101 110101 01110101 011111 11 01110111 010001 01111101 110101 11 01010111 110111 1111101 111111 11 11111100 110101 110101001 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 41
- 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; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, his are repeated.
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- summary of Psalm 119 Part 9;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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