This is an analysis of the poem The Lord Is My Shepherd that begins with:
The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know;
I feed in green pastures, safe folded I rest;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXed efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011011111 11011011011 11011101101 01111001101 11011101111 111110011011 11101111011 11101011001 01001011001 010100011101 00111110011 11111011001 11011011001 11011111101 11101111101 11011011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
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