Analysis of Psalm 53
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.4-6
C. M.
Victory and deliverance from persecution.
Are all the foes of Zion fools,
Who thus devour her saints?
Do they not know her Savior rules,
And pities her complaints?
They shall be seized with sad surprise;
For God's revenging arm
Scatters the bones of them that rise
To do his children harm.
In vain the sons of Satan boast
Of armies in array;
When God has first despised their host
They fall an easy prey.
O for a word from Zion's King,
Her captives to restore!
Jacob with all his tribes shall sing,
And Judah weep no more.
Scheme | XXX ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11 100001001010 11011101 1101001 11110101 01001 11111101 1111 1011111 111101 01011101 110001 11110111 111101 1101111 010101 10111111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 525 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
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 30, 2023
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