This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 51 Part 3 that begins with:

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O Thou that hear'st when sinners cry,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddee eeff aadd gghi eebb hiaaXggii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001 11111101 11110111 01010101 11110011 01110101 11110101 11010101 11110011 11010111 11110011 11011101 11111111 11111101 01110101 11011111 01010011 01011111 01010111 01010101 01011101 11110001 11110101 111101001 11010101 10110111 10111101 11001101 11110101 11110111 01010111 111101101 01111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; thy, and, my are repeated.

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