This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 136 Abridged that begins with:

God's wonders of creation, providence, redemption, and salvation.
Give to our God immortal praise;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbCC aaDd eeCC ffDd ggCC aaDd hhCCXffDd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101000101010 10110101 10111101 10010101 01010011 10010101 01010101 01010101 11111111 11011101 11010111 10010101 01010011 11010101 11010101 01010101 11111111 01110101 11000101 10010101 01010011 11011101 11010101 01010101 11111111 110101001 01110101 10010101 01010011 10111111 11100101 01010101 10111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.

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

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

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