This is an analysis of Psalm 56 by Isaac Watts.
Deliverance from oppression and falsehood.
O Thou whose justice reigns on high,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dada eFeF gcgc haha d cdcd bbbb eFeF adaX ibib
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01000010111 11110111 1110101 011100101 011111 01010011 1001011 11110101 110011 01110111 1110011 10111111 011001 11110101 110011 10111101 110111 11010111 110101 11010101 111111 1 11010001 110101 11011101 010111 10111111 010111 11010101 110101 01110111 1110011 10111111 011001 11011111 110111 111010011 1101110 11011101 111101 11111111 100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
my, thy
Anaphora
so
