This is an analysis of Psalm 13 by Isaac Watts.

Pleading with God under desertion.
How long, O Lord, shall I complain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a aabb ccaa ccdd eecc ccff ccgg
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100110010 11111101 11110101 11111101 11111001 11110001 11111001 11111101 11010101 11111101 00110101 11010101 01011111 11111101 01110111 01011101 11010101 100100101 01110101 11110011 11010111 100111101 11111111 11111111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

my

Anaphora

my