This is an analysis of Psalm 40 by Isaac Watts.

v.5-10
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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bbcc bbda ddee ddee ffbb ggff hhaX
  • Stanza lengths: 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11 11 11101 01011111 01110111 11010101 11111101 11011101 11010101 11110111 11010101 11010101 01011101 01010101 11010111 10011000101 01110001 101010101 01111011 101001101 10110101 11100101 11110011 101011101 110001001 11110101 10110101 11010111 11111111 01011111 110111000
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

thy

Anaphora

'tis