This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 49 that begins with:
The rich sinner's death, and the saint's resurrection.
Why do the proud insult the poor,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd eeee fdfd dedeXaeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011011011010 11010101 11010111 11110001 11010001 110111001 01010111 11010101 11011101 10111101 11110101 11110001 11110001 11010101 10011101 01100101 111010111 01010001 11110111 110010101 010101001 11011101 11101101 11111111 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 25
- 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; in, and, my are repeated.
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