This is an analysis of Psalm 12 by Isaac Watts.
The saint's safety and hope in evil times.
Lord, if thou dost not soon appear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef bdbX cdcd eaea ghgh
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0110110101 10111101 10110101 01010111 01010101 01101101 01010111 111100101 11110001 11100101 11011101 01010001 010011001 1011101011 101100111 10010111 111111110 01110101 111100101 01010101 11110101 11111101 10011101 11011101 01110111 111001010 01010101 110101110 110010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 29
Anaphora
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