Analysis of Psalm 30 part 1
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Sickness healed, and sorrow removed.
I Will extol thee, Lord, on high,
At thy command diseases fly:
Who but a God can speak and save
From the dark borders of the grave?
Sing to the Lord, ye saints of his,
And tell how large his goodness is;
Let all your powers rejoice and bless
While you record his holiness.
His anger but a moment stays;
His love is life and length of days;
Though grief and tears the night employ,
The morning star restores the joy.
Scheme | X AABB CCXX DDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101001 11011111 11010101 11011101 10110101 11011111 01111101 111100101 11011100 11010101 11110111 11010101 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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