Analysis of Psalm 119 part 12
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Breathing after comfort and deliverance.
My God, consider my distress,
Let mercy plead my cause;
Though I have sinned against thy grace,
I can't forget thy laws.
Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach
Which I so justly fear;
Uphold my life, uphold my hopes,
Not let my shame appear.
Be thou a surety, Lord, for me,
Nor let the proud oppress;
But make thy waiting servant see
The shining of thy face.
My eyes with expectation fail,
My heart within me cries,
"When will the Lord his truth fulfil,
And make my comforts rise?"
Look down upon my sorrows, Lord,
And show thy grace the same
As thou art ever wont t' afford
To those that love thy name.
Scheme | X AXBX XCXC DADB EFEF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101000100 11010101 110111 11110111 110111 01010101 111101 01110111 111101 110100111 110101 11110101 010111 1110101 110111 1101111 011101 11011101 011101 111101101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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