This is an analysis of the poem Psalm 81 that begins with:

To God our strength sing loud, and clear,
Sing loud to God our King,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbbcdXddededfdfXgXgXhhhXdXdhghgdgdgidXdajajhdhdkXkXkkkkcdcdlili
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111111 110111 01011111 110001 01010101 010101 01010101 110101 11010011 010101 10010110 110111 01010101 110001 01010101 011111 010101001 010101 11111101 011111 01010101 110101 0101111 010011 11001110 111111 11011011 111101 1101010101010 010101 11110101 010001 1111011 11001 1101010 011101 11010101 1100110 11100101 010111 11011111 110101 11011110 011101 11110111 110011 11011111 1001101 10110010 101101 11101101 110101 11110101 011111 11110101 011101 11111111 111101 11110111 111100 11011101 010111 110101 111111 11110001 0100101 1100001 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2321
  • Average number of words per stanza: 397
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to, god, loud, from, thee, their, should are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, their are repeated.

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