This is an analysis of Psalm 129 by Isaac Watts.

Persecutors punished.
Up from my youth, may Isr'el say,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef gaga hihi jaXa klkl bbbbXjbjb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 101010 10111101 110101 11010101 1100100 10111101 010101 11011101 110111 11011111 010111 10111101 111101 01110101 100101 10010111 110101 11110001 010101 11010101 010001 11011101 010001 11011101 111101 11110111 111101 11110001 110101 11110111 110101 01011101 110101 001110101 110001 01010101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 37

Repeated words/phrases

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