This is an analysis of Psalm 120 by Isaac Watts.

Complaint of quarrelsome neighbors; or, A devout wish for peace.
Thou God of love, thou ever-blest,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbb bcbc adad efef ghgh ijij
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010100101001111 11011101 101101 11111111 011101 11011111 010101 11010101 1101001 11110111 111101 01110100 111101 10010111 110101 11111111 110111 11011101 111101 11010111 1101001 11010111 110101 11110111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

thou, i