This is an analysis of Psalm 5 by Isaac Watts.

For the Lord's Day Morning.
Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd efef eaea eded X cbcb ebeb gfgf
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101110 10010111 110101 01010111 011111 10011101 011101 01010101 111101 11010111 010111 10110101 111111 10110101 011101 10101101 110011 11110111 010100 110010101 110111 1 11010010 011101 11000101 011111 11010001 110101 11101101 110111 01111111 111101 01010100 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 34

Repeated words/phrases

to, thy, my

Anaphora

to