This is an analysis of Psalm 32 by Isaac Watts.

Forgiveness of sins upon confession.
O Blessed souls are they…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bXcd eded ecbc baXa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0100101010 11111 1111010 01010101 1001111 111101 111101 11110101 111101 110111 110101 11011101 110101 110101 111101 11010101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

their, i

Anaphora

let