This is an analysis of Psalm 3 by Isaac Watts.
Doubts and fears suppressed.
My God, how many are my fears!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcdc eXfX deae gfef bbcb gege chdh bifi
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11101 11110111 111101 01010101 111011 01010101 110101 11110101 110010 11110111 110101 110111001 111101 11100101 1101001 11110111 110111 11110111 010111 11110101 110101 11010111 110111 10111111 110011 01111011 111101 11110101 111101 01000101 010111 10011101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
my, and
Anaphora
shalt