Analysis of Psalm 87
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Among the holy Mountains high
Is his foundation fast,
There Seated in his Sanctuary,
His Temple there is plac't.
Sions fair Gates the Lord loves more
Then all the dwellings faire
Of Jacobs Land, though there be store,
And all within his care.
City of God, most glorious things
Of thee abroad are spoke;
I mention Egypt, where proud Kings
Did our forefathers yoke,
I mention Babel to my friends,
Philistia full of scorn,
And Tyre with Ethiops utmost ends,
Lo this man there was born:
But twise that praise shall in our ear
Be said of Sion last
This and this man was born in her,
High God shall fix her fast.
The Lord shall write it in a Scrowle
That ne're shall be out-worn
When he the Nations doth enrowle
That this man there was born.
Both they who sing, and they who dance
With sacred Songs are there,
In thee fresh brooks, and soft streams glance
And all my fountains clear.
Scheme | ABCBDEDEFGFGHIHIJBKBLILIMEMN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 110101 11001100 110111 1110111 110101 11011111 010111 101111001 110111 11010111 110101 11010111 0100111 011111 111111 111110101 11111 10111100 111101 01111001 1111111 1101011 111111 11110111 110111 01110111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 935 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 690 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 164 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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