Analysis of Psalm 119 part 5
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Delight in Scripture; or, The word of God dwelling in us.
O how I love thy holy law!
'Tis daily my delight;
And thence my meditations draw
Divine advice by night.
My waking eyes prevent the day
To meditate thy word;
My soul with longing melts away
To hear thy gospel, Lord.
How doth thy word my heart engage!
How well employ my tongue!
And in my tiresome pilgrimage,
Yields me a heav'nly song.
Am I a stranger or at home,
'Tis my perpetual feast;
Not honey dropping from the comb
So much allures the taste.
No treasures so enrich the mind;
Nor shall thy word be sold
For loads of silver well refined,
Nor heaps of choicest gold.
When nature sinks, and spirits droop,
Thy promises of grace
Are pillars to support my hope,
And there I write thy praise.
Scheme | X ABAB CXCX XXXX DXDX EFEF XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101111001 11111101 110101 0110101 010111 11010101 11011 11110101 111101 11111101 110111 001100100 11011 11010111 1101001 11010101 11101 11010101 111111 11110101 111101 11010101 110011 11010111 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 803 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
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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