This is an analysis of the poem The Psalter that begins with:

ONCE more permit me, nuns, and this the last;
I can't resist, whatever may have passed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddeeaabbffggee hhiiXjbbkkllhhmm llbbbbaaaaffmm eebbbbbblljj mmeXeekkdd aaffeeaa fjjjggff bbbbbbbbhh gfeebbeeaXbbgg bbhhbbXllaaddllddaaffaaaabbllmmjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,16,14,12,10,8,8,10,14,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111001 1101110111 1101110101 1101011101 1101111111 1111010101 0101111101 1011111101 1101010111 1101010101 01001010001 0101011101 1101011101 1101011101 1101110101 1100011111 1100010101 1111111101 1011110001 1111010001 11100111101 1100110101 0101110101 0111010101 1101010101 1101110101 1101110100 1101011101 11111101010 11011101010 1101010101 0101110101 1101000101 1101010111 1110010101 11001011101 0111010001 1001010111 0101110010 1111010001 1111010001 1101011101 1101010101 1001001101 1010111101 0101010101 1101010001 0101111001 0111000101 1101011101 1101010001 1101110101 1001011111 1101010101 1001010101 0101110101 0101010011 1101010001 1101010101 0101011111 1001010111 1111110101 0101110001 1000010101 0011001101 1101110101 1101010101 01010101010 0101000101 1111000111 1101111001 1101011101 0101010101 1101011101 1101010101 1101100111 1100110111 0101110101 1101010101 1001011101 0101110011 1111011111 1101010111 1111011101 0100110101 1111000101 1101001101 0101001101 11010100001 1111111011 1101000111 0111110101 1101110001 0101010101 1101010101 1101110101 1101100101 1100010111 1100111101 0101110011 1111111111 1111110101 0111110101 0110000101 1001010001 0111010101 1101011101 1101000111 1111000101 11010111000 0111100101 1111110101 1101110101 1111110101 010101000110 11100111010 0101011101 0101010101 1101011111 1101110101 1101010111 1101110101 0101011101 1101010001 1101011111 0101010101 1101110101 1101010101 11011001101 0101011101 0100010101 0101010101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 1101000101 0101011101 0101110001 1101010101 1100110101 1101000101 01011110001 0101010110 1111011001 1001110101 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 146
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; you, to are repeated.

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  • summary of The Psalter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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