This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 80 that begins with:
Thou Shepherd that dost Israel keep
Give ear in time of need,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbXcXcdXDEfgXXXcXchfXfDXDEcdcdicicjbjbbcbcfifibibiddddbkekXdgdbbfbhlhlDXDE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 80,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 110101 11010101 11101 11010101 011111 11101111 111111 01011100 101001 01111101100 011111 11011101 011110 11111101 111101 11011111 111101 11011101100 011101 11000101 110111 1101010110 1001111 01111101 0100101 01011111100 111111 01111101 110110 11111101 111101 01010111 111101 11110111 010101 11011001 110111 10010101 110111 00111101 010101 01111101 011101 01010101 100111 11001101 010101 11110101 11101 11110111 010100 01011001 110101 11111111 011101 01110111 011101 01110101 110011 10011111 111101 10111111 111111 110001010 110101 11011101 110111 01010111 110101 01010111 111011 11111101 0100111 1111101 110111 01111101 110110 11111101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2904
- Average number of words per stanza: 488
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, us, tears, they, it, her are repeated.
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- summary of Psalm 80;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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