This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 23 that begins with:
God our shepherd.
My Shepherd is the living Lord;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a aaaa bcbc dede fgfg Xheh fXfX acacXabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110 11000101 11110101 01001101 01110111 01010101 11111111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110101 00110100 11110101 11110101 11111101 11110011 01010101 11110111 11011101 11011101 01011101 11110110 01110111 01011101 11011111 11010001 10011001 11010101 10010001 01011111 10110101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 33
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.
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- summary of Psalm 23;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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