This is an analysis of Psalm 46 Part 2 by Isaac Watts.

God fights for his church.
Let Zion in her King rejoice;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd baba efef dbdX ghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11101 11000101 11011101 11000101 01010101 01011101 11010111 01010111 11000111 01011101 11010101 10110101 1100100101 11011101 100110101 11010111 01110001 11111111 100101001 10011101 111101010 11010101 11111101 11110111 01000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

he, and, be

Anaphora

the, he