Analysis of Psalm 34 part 2
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.11-22
L. M.
Religious education; or, Instructions of piety.
Children, in years and knowledge young,
Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,
Attend the counsels of my tongue,
Let pious thoughts your minds employ
If you desire a length of days,
And peace to crown your mortal state,
Restrain your feet from impious ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.
The eyes of God regard his saints,
His ears are open to their cries;
He sets his frowning face against
The sons of violence and lies.
To humble souls and broken hearts
God with his grace is ever nigh;
Pardon and hope his love imparts,
When men in deep contrition lie.
He tells their tears, he counts their groans,
His Son redeems their souls from death;
His Spirit heals their broken bones,
They in his praise employ their breath.
Scheme | AXA BCBC DXDX XEXE FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11 01001010101100 10010101 11011101 01010111 11011101 110100111 01111101 011110101 11110001 01110111 11110111 11110101 01110001 11010101 11111101 10011101 11010101 11111111 11011111 11011101 10110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 772 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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