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

Doubts and fears suppressed.
My God, how many are my fears!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdc eXfX deae gfef bbcb gege chdh bifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101 11110111 111101 01010101 111011 01010101 110101 11110101 110010 11110111 110101 110111001 111101 11100101 1101001 11110111 110111 11110111 010111 11110101 110101 11010111 110111 10111111 110011 01111011 111101 11110101 111101 01000101 010111 10011101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Psalm 3;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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