This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 02 that begins with:

Done Aug. 8. 1653. Terzetti.
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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXabcbcdcdeXebebfbfgfgcgcece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011100 11011101010 1011010110 010110011010 1111010111 0101100101 1111111101 1111011101 11011101011 1101110101 1000011001 1111001111 0101111110 1111010101 10010101111 1111110101 0110110101 1101011101 1011110001 1111011111 0101011001 1001010101 1101111101 0111000101 0101111110 01001011101 0101110001 01011101101 1011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 652
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word their is repeated.

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