This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 80 that begins with:
The church's prayer under affliction; or, The vineyard of God wasted.
Great Shepherd of thine Israel,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddEE ffgg aaEE f hhaa iiff iigg ggEE X ddhh iiff aaiiXffEE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011001010100110 1100110 11010101 11011101 11010101 11000101 10111111 11011101 11011111 11110101 11110111 11011101 11111101 01011101 11011111 11011101 11011111 11 11110011 01010101 011100101 11010101 10010101 11010001 11111111 11011101 10010101 11110101 10110101 1100101001 01010101 11110101 11011101 11011111 11 11010101 11011101 01011101 10110101 11010101 01010101 01010111 01010001 11111111 10111111 11110111 010110101 11010111 11110111 11011101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
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- summary of Psalm 80;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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