This is an analysis of Psalm 38 by Isaac Watts.
Guilt of conscience and relief
Amidst thy wrath remember love,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cccc dede fefe dgdg eded hfhf bXbc fefeXcfcf
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1010101 01110101 011101 11010101 111001 11010111 110101 01010101 110111 11010101 1101111 11011101 1111101 11110101 111101 11110101 011101 11111101 1011011 01010111 010011 110100101 1111001 1100111001 010111 11111101 110111 11011101 110111 11010101 1101011 11110111 110111 11011101 111111 11111100 110101 11011101 101101 11010101 011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 41
Repeated words/phrases
my, every, god
Anaphora
my, too, the
