This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 77 Part 1 that begins with:

Melancholy assaulting, and hope prevailing.
To God I cried with mournful voice,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcb adcd efef gbgX caca hbhb diXi ejej cXab khkh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001011010 01110101 110101 00111101 110101 10111111 110101 11110111 110111 11011101 110101 11110111 111101 11010101 111111 11011101 1111010 11101101 111011 11011101 110111 11110011 110101 10011101 010111 01110111 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 10011111 110101 11010111 1111010 110001001 111111 11010101 111111 10110101 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; my, and, his, thy are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Psalm 77 Part 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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