Analysis of Psalm 144 part 3

Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)



v.12-15
L. M.
Grace above riches; or, The happy nation.

Happy the city where their sons,
Like pillars round a palace set,
And daughters, bright as polished stones,
Give strength and beauty to the state.

Happy the country where the sheep,
Cattle, and corn, have large increase;
Where men securely work or sleep,
Nor sons of plunder break the peace.

Happy the nation thus endowed,
But more divinely blest are those
On whom the all-sufficient God
Himself with all his grace bestows.


Scheme XXX XXXX ABAB XCXC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Metre 1 11 10110101010 10010111 11010101 01011101 11010101 10010101 10011101 11010111 11110101 10010101 11010111 11010101 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 474
Words 85
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was an English Christian minister (Congregational), hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. He is recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. more…

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