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

No-man kneads us again out of Earth and Loam,
no-man spirits our Dust....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab bcdec eXeXX XabXedb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110111 111011 11 10111 1101 1010 10 011 010 101111 01100 0100 111 0 11011 110101 10101 001001111 10110 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, man, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, our are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines man is repeated).

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