This is an analysis of Psalm 57 by Isaac Watts.

Praise for protection, grace, and truth.
My God, in whom are all the springs…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd EFEF adad acacXEFEF
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11010111 110111001 01011101 11011101 10110101 10011111 010101001 11010001 11100101 01010111 01011101 110110101 11011101 11011111 01010011 01110101 11010011 110010101 11000111 01010001 11010111 01010111 01011101 110110101 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

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