This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 12 that begins with:
The saint's safety and hope in evil times.
Lord, if thou dost not soon appear,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef bdbX cdcd eaea ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0110110101 10111101 10110101 01010111 01010101 01101101 01010111 111100101 11110001 11100101 11011101 01010001 010011001 1011101011 101100111 10010111 111111110 01110101 111100101 01010101 11110101 11111101 10011101 11011101 01110111 111001010 01010101 110101110 110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Psalm 12;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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