This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 72 Part 1 that begins with:
The kingdom of Christ.
Great God, whose universal sway... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddee aaaa XcXd ffaaXddcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 11110101 01101101 11010011 010100101 11010101 11110001 01010101 11110111 010010101 111010001 01010111 110101101 11111101 111101001 01110110 11011101 01011101 01010001 01101101 11010101 01110001 10010111 11010001 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 25
- 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; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Psalm 72 Part 1;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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