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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