Psalms 24: Poetic Analysis

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The Psalms that I choice to look at for the poetic purposes of this discussion board was Psalms 24. Here in this chapter, we see phrases of true domain from the right about what exactly is the Lords and how what belongs to the Lord also belongs to his followers. Throughout these ten scriptures, we see where the writer establishes that the earth is the Lord no matter what anyone may think and everything in it. The writer also questions the reader as a way of setting them up to learn to true full nature of the Lord. This style of writing, creates a dramatic monologue and creates an anticipation in the mind of the reader to continue to learn about the power of God. In this same form of writing, we also see things like repetition because of the

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