Analysis of Psalm 63 part 2
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.6-10
C. M.
Midnight thoughts recollected.
'Twas in the watches of the night
I thought upon thy power,
I kept thy lovely face in sight
Amidst the darkest hour.
My flesh lay resting on my bed,
My soul arose on high:
"My God, my life, my hope," I said,
"Bring thy salvation nigh."
My spirit labors up thine hill,
And climbs the heav'nly road;
But thy right hand upholds me still,
While I pursue my God.
Thy mercy stretches o'er my head
The shadow of thy wings;
My heart rejoices in thine aid,
My tongue awakes and sings.
But the destroyers of my peace
Shall fret and rage in vain;
The tempter shall for ever cease,
And all my sins be slain.
Thy sword shall give my foes to death,
And send them down to dwell
In the dark caverns of the earth,
Or to the deeps of hell.
Scheme | XXX ABAB CDCD EXEX CFXF GHGH XIXI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11 11010 10010101 1101110 11110101 0101010 11110111 110111 11111111 110101 11010111 01011 11110111 110111 110101011 01111 111011 11101 10010111 110101 0111101 011111 11111111 011111 00110101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 748 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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