This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 92 Part 1 that begins with:

A Psalm for the Lord's day.
Sweet is the work, my God, my King,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ccdd ddee aaff ccdd ggee hhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 10011111 01111111 01111101 11011111 10010101 11011111 11110101 11010101 11110011 11011101 11011111 11110101 11011111 1101111011 11110111 10010101 111101001 11110111 11010111 11010111 11110001 11111111 11011101 11011101 11111111 110101101 1100101101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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; they, like, my, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, like are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Psalm 92 Part 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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