This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 16 Part 3 that begins with:

Courage in death, and hope of the resurrection.
When God is nigh, my faith is strong;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd eeee fgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100111001010 11011101 01010101 01110111 11011101 10011111 11011111 11110001 11110001 11111101 11011111 11110101 10110101 11010101 110100011 11110101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; my is repeated.

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