This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 139 Part 1 that begins with:

The all-seeing God.
Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddee aaaa ffff FFGG h iidd ffcc hhii ffhh FFGG X ccdd hhhhXFFGG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 11111111 11010101 110111010 111101110 11011111 10110101 11011101 10110111 0111001011 110011111 01011101 11010101 01010111 11011101 110101011 00010101 11110111 1001110011 11110101 01011101 11 11111101 01110111 11111101 10110101 01011111 111110001 11011101 11010111 01010101 11010101 11011101 11011100 11110111 01010101 11011101 11010001 11110111 1001110011 11110101 01011101 11 01010101 11011101 11111111 11111101 11110001 11110101 11111101 11110001 11110111 1001110011 11110101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Psalm 139 Part 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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