This is an analysis of Psalm 139 Part 3 by Isaac Watts.
Sincerity professed, and grace tried; or, The heart-searching God.
My God, what inward grief I feel…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd cceeXbbdd
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,9,
- Metre: 010001111101101 11110111 101010110 11011101 11010101 11110111 01010101 11011111 11010001 111111001 11110111 01000101 11010011 11010101 11011011 111110011 11101011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
and, i
