This is an analysis of Psalm 85 by John Milton.

Thy Land to favour graciously
Thou hast not Lord been slack,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefXgXhiheieidiXcededbhihihXhhehejjjjXfXfdededXXg
  • Stanza lengths: 56,
  • Metre: 11010100 111101 11010100 01101 101001101 111101 11111011 111111 11011101 110101 011111111010 1111001101 101101111 111101 11010101 0111111 11010011 110101 11110101 010111 11111111110 110101101 11110110 110101 11011101 011101 11010101 110101 11110101 101111 10010111 100111 00111011 110101 01010110 011101 10011111 010011 11011101 010111 10111101 110011 11110011 110111 10011001 111101 110001001 111101 01010101 110100 11110101 010011 01110011 010100 1011110111010 0111011001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

and, us, to, thy, his

Anaphora

thou, and

Anadiplosis

his