Analysis of Psalm 118 part 2
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.17-21
C. M.
Public praise for deliverance from death.
Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cry
And rescued from the grave;
Now shall he live; and none can die,
If God resolve to save.
Thy praise, more constant than before,
Shall fill his daily breath;
Thy hand, that hath chastised him sore,
Defends him still from death.
Open the gates of Zion now,
For we shall worship there;
The house where all the righteous go
Thy mercy to declare.
Among th' assemblies of thy saints
Our thankful voice we raise;
There we have told thee our complaints,
And there we speak thy praise.
Scheme | XXA BCBC DADA XEXE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11 1011010011 11111101 010101 11110111 110111 11110101 111101 11110111 011111 10011101 111101 01110101 110101 0111010111 1010111 111111001 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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