Analysis of Psalm 119 part 6
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Holiness and comfort from the word.
Lord, I esteem thy judgments right,
And all thy statutes just;
Thence I maintain a constant fight
With every flatt'ring lust.
Thy precepts often I survey;
I keep thy law in sight,
Through all the business of the day,
To form my actions right.
My heart in midnight silence cries,
"How sweet thy comforts be!"
My thoughts in holy wonder rise,
And bring their thanks to thee.
And when my spirit drinks her fill
At some good word of thine,
Not mighty men that share the spoil
Have joys compared to mine.
Scheme | X ABAB CACA DEDE XFXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100010101 11011101 011101 11010101 1100111 1110101 111101 11010101 111101 1101101 111101 11010101 011111 01110101 111111 11011101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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