Analysis of Psalm 90 part 3
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.13ff
C. M.
Breathing after heaven.
Return, O God of love, return;
Earth is a tiresome place:
How long shall we, thy children, mourn
Our absence from thy face?
Let heav'n succeed our painful years,
Let sin and sorrow cease,
And in proportion to our tears
So make our joys increase.
Thy wonders to thy servants show,
Make thy own work complete;
Then shall our souls thy glory know,
And own thy love was great.
Then shall we shine before thy throne
In all thy beauty, Lord;
And the poor service we have done
Meet a Divine reward.
Scheme | XXA XBXB XCXC DXDX XEAE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 11 101010 01111101 1101001 11111101 1010111 110110101 110101 000101101 1110101 11011101 111101 111011101 011111 11110111 011101 00110111 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 519 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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