Analysis of Psalm 48 part 2
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.10-14
S. M.
The beauty of the church; or, Gospel worship and order.
Far as thy name is known,
The world declares thy praise;
Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne,
Their songs of honor raise.
With joy let Judah stand
On Zion's chosen hill,
Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy will.
Let strangers walk around
The city where we dwell,
Compass and view thine holy ground,
And mark the building well;
The orders of thy house,
The worship of thy court,
The cheerful songs, the solemn vows,
And make a fair report.
How decent and how wise!
How glorious to behold!
Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,
And rites adorned with gold.
The God we worship now
Will guide us till we die,
Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the sky.
Scheme | XXX ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG HIHI XJXJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11 01010111010010 111111 010111 11110111 111101 111101 11101 01010111 010111 110101 010111 10011101 010101 010111 010111 01010101 010101 110011 1100101 01011101 010111 011101 111111 111011101 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
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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