This is an analysis of the poem Psalme Cxxxvii. that begins with:
By Euphrates' flowry side
We did bide,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXba ccXdda XefXXf XXGXBg XXGXBg cchXXh hhXffa XXXhha aaehhe ccadda bbebbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101 101 01101100 1001011 111 011001010 1111001 100 111100 1010111 01011 01101011 111010010 111 11111011 1110110 101 11101011 11101110 1110 1011010 11111110 001 01111010 11111110 1110 1011010 11001110 001 01111010 111011 101 10101000 1110101 111 011001010 1111101 101 0111010 0010111 101 11101001 11101001 101 011011100 1111111 111 10111010 1110101 011 10101010 1011101 111 01111010 1011111 111 10111010 1111111 111 111011110 1011101 001 01101010 1011111 101 011011100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; can, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, sack are repeated.
The author used the same word happy at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word merry at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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