Analysis of Psalm I.
Henry King 1592 (Worminghall, Buckinghamshire) – 1669 (Chichester)
The man is blest whose feet not tread,
By wicked counsailes led:
Nor stands in that perverted way,
In which the Sinners stray;
Nor joynes himselfe unto the chaire,
Where Scorners seated are;
But in God's Law both dayes and nights
To meditate delights.
He shall be like a Planted Tree
We neere the Rivers see:
Whose branches by their moisture spring,
And fruits in season bring.
No parching droughts his leaf invade,
Or make his blossome fade.
For God will his indeavours blesse
With prosperous successe.
But wicked men themselves shall find
Like chaff blow'n by the wind.
Nor in the finall Judgment must
Stand up among the Just.
For God the righteous guides, and knowes
The path wherein he goes:
When wayes of Sinners perish shall
In their eternall fall.
Scheme | AABBCCDDCEFFGGDDHHIIDJKL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111 11011 11010101 010101 1111001 11101 10111101 11001 11110101 110101 11011101 010101 1111101 11111 111111 11001 11010111 1111101 1001101 110101 11010101 010111 11110101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 603 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 132 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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