Analysis of Psalm 61
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.1-6
S. M.
Safety in God.
When, overwhelm'd with grief,
My heart within me dies,
Helpless, and far from all relief,
To heav'n I lift mine eyes.
O lead me to the rock
That's high above my head,
And make the covert of thy wings
My shelter and my shade.
Within thy presence, Lord,
For ever I'll abide;
Thou art the tower of my defence,
The refuge where I hide.
Thou givest me the lot
Of those that fear thy name;
If endless life be their reward,
I shall possess the same.
Scheme | XXX ABAB XXXX CDXD XECE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11 1001 10111 110111 10011101 111111 111101 110111 01010111 110011 011101 110101 110101101 010111 11101 111111 11011101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 460 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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