Ps: 116 by Thomas Parnell: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ps: 116 that begins with:

Ime Pleasd that Heaven hears my cry,
Regards me when I pray,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXbXXXacacadabedefXfccgcgdbXbeeeeXaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 011111 11001001 0101001 1111110 111101 11010101 00110 1010110 011111 11011111 110101 11110001 110001 10010101 111101 11110101 111110 11111101 110101 11111101 11111 11101111 011101 11110101 101101 011111 011111 01001111 11101 1111110 011101 01111111 110110 01111111 111101 11111101 101111 11110101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 233
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; how, he, my, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tho, how, since, tell are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.

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