This is an analysis of Psalm 116 Part 1 by Isaac Watts.

Recovery from sickness.
I love the Lord; he heard my cries,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef ghgX hghg iaia
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0100010 11011111 1111001 11111101 110001 11011101 111101 11111101 111101 11011101 111101 11011101 0111001 10101110101 1010011 110110001 11001110 01101101 111101 01110111 111101 11111101 111101 10011111 110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

my

Anaphora

thy