Analysis of Psalm The 137th Paraphras'd To The 7th Verse
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
Proud Babylon! Thou saw'st us weep;
Euphrates, as he pass'd along,
Saw, on his Banks, the Sacred Throng
A heavy, solemn Mourning keep.
Sad Captives to thy Sons, and Thee,
When nothing but our Tears were Free!
A Song of Sion they require,
And from the neighb'ring Trees to take
Each Man his dumb, neglected Lyre,
And chearful Sounds on them awake:
But chearful Sounds the Strings refuse,
Nor will their Masters Griefs abuse.
How can We, Lord, thy Praise proclaim,
Here, in a strange unhallow'd Land!
Lest we provoke them to Blaspheme
A Name, they do not understand;
And with rent Garments, that deplore
Above whate'er we felt before.
But, Thou, Jerusalem, so Dear!
If thy lov'd Image e'er depart,
Or I forget thy Suff'rings here;
Let my right Hand forget her Art;
My Tongue her vocal Gift resign,
And Sacred Verse no more be mine!
Scheme | ABBACC XDXDXX EFEFGG XHXHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 01011101 11110101 01010101 11011101 110110101 0111110 0101111 11110101 0111101 1110101 11110101 11111101 100111 1101111 0111101 01110101 01101101 11010011 111101001 1101111 11110101 11010101 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 835 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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