This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 5 that begins with:

For the Lord's Day Morning.
Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef eaea eded X cbcb ebeb gfgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 10010111 110101 01010111 011111 10011101 011101 01010101 111101 11010111 010111 10110101 111111 10110101 011101 10101101 110011 11110111 010100 110010101 110111 1 11010010 011101 11000101 011111 11010001 110101 11101101 110111 01111111 111101 01010100 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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; to, thy, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Psalm 5;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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