This is an analysis of Psalm 63 by Isaac Watts.
Longing after God; or, The love of God better than life.
Great God, indulge my humble claim,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd cece fgfg bhbh idid bdbdXgcgc
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10101101011011 11011101 11111111 01010111 11010111 11101111 11110111 11111101 11110101 01111101 11110111 11000101 11010101 010111101 01111111 11111101 110100101 11111111 11011101 11110101 11110101 11010111 11010101 110100101 01010001 0101001001 11010111 11011101 11010011 11111111 11110111 01111101 11010011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
my, god, and, thou, thy
Anaphora
thou
