This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 71 Part 1 that begins with:
v.5-9
C. M.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa abab cdcd dede ffdf gfgf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11 01101011 11110101 110111 11111111 110111 111101110 011101 101101010 1001001 11111101 0101001 01111101 110011 11111101 110101 11111101 1001101 10010011 111111 111101001 0100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hope is repeated).
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- summary of Psalm 71 Part 1;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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