Analysis of Psalm 03
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Aug. 9.
When He Fled From Absalom.
Lord how many are my foes
How many those
That in arms against me rise
Many are they
That of my life distrustfully thus say,
No help for him in God there lies.
But thou Lord art my shield my glory,
Thee through my story
Th' exalter of my head I count
Aloud I cry'd
Unto Jehovah, he full soon reply'd
And heard me from his holy mount.
I lay and slept, I wak'd again,
For my sustain
Was the Lord. Of many millions
The populous rout
I fear not though incamping round about
They pitch against me their Pavillions.
Rise Lord, save me my God for thou
Hast smote ere now
On the cheek-bone all my foes,
Of men abhor'd
Hast broke the teeth. This help was from the Lord;
Thy blessing on thy people flows.
Scheme | XX AABCCBDDEEEEXXXFFAGGAEXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10 1111100 1110111 1101 1010111 1011 1111111 11110111 111111110 11110 11111111 0111 100101111 01111101 11011101 1101 10111010 01001 11111101 1101111 11111111 1111 1011111 111 1101111101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 821 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 24 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 281 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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