This is an analysis of the poem A Psalm Of Resignation that begins with:
In spite of his imposing plea,
A freeman whom the truth makes free ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabaaaX bbbXcccX dddbebeX fffXeeeX fffbaaXX gggXhhhX XbXbhhhX XggbfffX bbbbeeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000101 01010111 01010101 11010101 110000111 11001101 11011111 11110101 01010101 11010101 11010001 11110100 110100101 11010111 00011101 11111101 11010101 01011111 11110101 011100101 10011101 11101101 11110111 11110101 10010101 11010101 10011001 01011100 11110001 11010101 11010001 11001101 11000101 01010101 11110111 01010001 11010111 111100101 01100111 010111101 11110111 01000111 11110101 11010100 10111101 01010101 01001001 11011101 11011101 11010111 11001101 01110101 11111101 010011101 11111101 11110101 011110100 1101101 11010111 11110101 01010101 110010111 11011101 11011101 01010011 11110001 010001001 01001101 11010101 10011101 11110111 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; he is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word 'bus at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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