This is an analysis of the poem Psalm Lxxiii: Now I'M Convinced The Lord Is Kind that begins with:

Now I 'm convinced the Lord is kind
To men of heart sincere;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd efef ghgX iXiX abab ijij jkjk ejij bhbh fbfb jiji agag ljlj cgcg agag gXgh amam eheh gXXe haha ahah eXeh ebeb ebeb XaXa eeeX jiji Xaba fmfm mXmh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110010101 010101 111101100 110101 11010101 110101 101010111 110011 101111101 111101 01011101 110101 101111101 111101 11110101 0101110 11110101 111110 101110111 11011100 11111111 010101 11010111 111101 11010101 110101 11010101 0101001 110110001 111111 01000101 1110001 111100111 110101 10011101 110101 11110101 0111001 1111101 111011 11010111 111101 11010111 110001 11011111 101100 11101111 010111 01010111 101101 11010101 111111 100010101 111111 10110101 010101 01010101 101101 11010111 110111 10110111 101101 11111101 110111 11010111 01110110 01010111 01111101 11111101 11010111 11011101 110010101 11011111 11010001 11110101 11110101 11011111 110111100 11010100 11010011 11011111 11010011 11011111 11110111 110101 100101 11011101 110101 110101 111110 11010101 011101 100101 111111 11101101 110111 100111 110101 11110101 110101 1010110 010101 11010011 111101 110101 011101 101011111 0101010 010011 110101 10111101 011101 1101110 010101 11010101 111111 1101001 010101 111101001 111101 111111 111110 11111101 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, i, thy, and, they, their are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines god is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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