This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 26 that begins with:
Self-examination; or, Evidences of grace.
Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc cbcb dada efefXcece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101100001 11111111 11111111 11011101 10111101 11011101 01010011 01010101 10010011 01110101 01110100 11110111 01010101 11110101 01011101 11111101 11110101 11110111 01010011 11111111 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, and are repeated.
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- summary of Psalm 26;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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