This is an analysis of Psalm 123 by Isaac Watts.

Pleading with submission.
O thou whose grace and justice reign…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a abab cdcd ecec fcfc gbgb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100010 11111101 1000101 01111111 011111 11011101 110101 11011101 110101 11111101 110011 11010101 110111 11011101 110101 11010101 110011 11011111 010101 01111101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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