This is an analysis of the poem Psalm Civ. Paraphrased that begins with:
To praise thy Author, Soul, do not forget;
Canst thou, in gratitude, deny the debt? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddcceeffggbbddgghhiiihhccaaihjahXkkhhhhhhkkaallggkkaaccaaaaiillcccaaddmmaaalliihhkkhhhhhiccchhbbhhaajjiieehhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 118,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111011101 1101010101 1111111101 1011001111 0101010001 01111101001 01011011111 11010101001 10010011101 010010111 11100100111 1111110101 010001010111 1011101111 1101000101 1111111101 010111001101 11000001101 1111010101 1101010101 0111110101 1001010011 1101110101 1101010101 1101010111 1101010101 0101110101 0101110111 0101010011 0101110101 11001110111 1101010001 10110100111 010101001001 0011110101 0101011101 0101010101 1101101111 1001000111 1101110001 01001010100 1101010101 110101110001 11010100101 0101110101 0101110101 1001011011 0101110101 11010010101 1110010101 0100010101 1001010111 1001000101 11010001001 1101110101 11010000101 01011010011 0101010111 10101010011 0111010101 1111010101 0111100111 10110010101 0100011101 1111010101 0101110101 0101010001 1101010111 1101010101 01001101101 11010100101 11110010101 1101011101 1101111111 1101001111 1111110001 11110011001 10110110101 1101010101 1100101110101 10110011001 0101010001 0111111101 1101001001 1101010101 10100011001 1011010101 1101110111 1011010101 1011010111 0101011111 10011001101 1011010101 1101011101 1111010101 1110110101 1110100111 1101000101 1101011111 0110111111 110001011001 1101011111 11010111101 0101001101 1101010111 0101000001 1101011011 1101110101 0101000101 0100010101 1011010111 1111001101 0101001101 1101011101 1101011101 1111011101 11111101101 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 5374
- Average number of words per stanza: 921
- Amount of lines: 118
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, their, and, they, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Psalm Civ. Paraphrased;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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