Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
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Disgust
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Fear
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Joy
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Sadness
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Language Tone
Analytical
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Confident
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Tentative
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Social Tone
Openness
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Conscientiousness
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Extraversion
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Agreeableness
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Emotional Range
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Tone of specific sentences
Tones
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Anger
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Introduction
Think of an illustration to introduce the main idea.
Context
The Psalmist writes with the invasion by Sennacherib (King of Assyria) in mind.
A time of great turmoil and fear [ILLUS.
Impending war (WWII, 9/11)]
A time where feeling completely helpless and powerless is very real
The Psalmist will poetically declares to Israel (and us) why those who belong in the City of God (family) need not fear
Structure
The Psalmist writes his poem using a classic poet structure called Chiasm.
It’s a structure of creative arguments that leads the reader towards the climax
Then exits the poem in the exact same way (reinforcing the same arguments)
Essentially it’s a symmetrical structure [SHOW VISUAL EXAMPLE]
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Exegesis
I know this setup takes sometime, but I bring all of this up in order that you understand how to approach this poem.
Understanding the context and structure offers so much more richness to the text and helps us arrive at the original poets meaning and intent.
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