This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 83 that begins with:

A complaint against persecutors.
And will the God of grace... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc aded aeee bcbc edfX ddXd dgdg Xdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011010 100101 0100101 01010101 110101 01111 010101 01111111 111101 011101 110101 11000101 010001 010101 001101 01010101 0100111 10111011 1010001 11010101 1101010 010101 111101 101100010 110001 011101 110111 11110101 111101 110101 1100101 01001101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of Psalm 83;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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