This is an analysis of Psalm 78 Part 2 by Isaac Watts.

Israel's rebellion and punishment.
O What a stiff rebellious house…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcb dcdc aeae fgfg eaea eheh fefX eiei
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100101100 11010101 110101 10111101 101101 11010001 100101 01011101 0100111 11011101 001001 11010001 1100101 11110101 110101 01010111 1111001 01010101 010111 11010101 0101011 10011101 010101 11010111 010100 11010111 110101 101011101 0101010 01010101 110101 01010101 010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

his