This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 38 that begins with:
Guilt of conscience and relief
Amidst thy wrath remember love,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab cccc dede fefe dgdg eded hfhf bXbc fefeXcfcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010101 01110101 011101 11010101 111001 11010111 110101 01010101 110111 11010101 1101111 11011101 1111101 11110101 111101 11110101 011101 11111101 1011011 01010111 010011 110100101 1111001 1100111001 010111 11111101 110111 11011101 110111 11010101 1101011 11110111 110111 11011101 111111 11111100 110101 11011101 101101 11010101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 41
- 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, every, god are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, too, the are repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Psalm 38;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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