This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 145 that begins with:

The greatness of God.
My God, my King, thy various praise... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd eeff ggee aabbXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001 111111001 11010011 11011101 11110101 0101001011 11010011 110010111 11010111 11110101 11011101 11011101 11000101 11010101 11110001 11010101 01110011 11011101 01010011 11110111 01110011 11111101 11011101 1110011 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, vast are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Psalm 145;
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