This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 86 that begins with:
v.8-13
C. M.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa bcac dcbc ebeb dfff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11 010010101 01010101 1111001 10110101 111111 01011111 110111 11011101 111101 11110101 111101 11110111 011101 10110111 111101 11111101 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, for are repeated.
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- summary of Psalm 86;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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