This is an analysis of the poem The First Six Verses Of The Ninetieth Psalm Versified that begins with:

O THOU, the first, the greatest friend
Of all the human race!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb daea dfff dggg cgcX dheh Xada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010101 11111100 111101 01010111 011101 010100101 011101 11111101 010101 01010001 110101 11010000 110111 01110111 110111 11011101 000101 01111101 0110010 11000111 010101 10011101 010101 11010101 010101 11111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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