This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 65 Part 2 that begins with:

v.5-13
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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cccc ccdd eeff ggcc aaee bbcc bbcc ggcc bbgg eegc bbaaXddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11 0110001111 01010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 1010101 11010101 101101001 11110101 11011101 11010001 11010101 11010101 101100101 11011111 11010101 11000101 10010101 11110101 01010101 11011101 01010101 00110111 10010101 10011101 11010101 10010101 10110101 01010101 010111010 100111010 10010111 11010101 11010111 10010101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010111 01010101 11110101 01010101 10010111 110111001 1010011101 110011101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; thy is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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