This is an analysis of Psalm Xxxv: Now Plead My Cause, Almighty God by Isaac Watts.
Now plead my cause, Almighty God,
With all the sons of strife;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cacX dada caca aeae fcfc ghgh hihi jkjk kdkd Xafa akak hkkk Xaia
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 010101 11010101 110111 11111111 110101 1011011 10111010 11110111 110101 10010001 111111 11110111 110011 11111101 111101 11110101 011101 01000101 010101 11011101 110101 11000100 010111 10110101 0110101 01000101 110101 10111101 011101 01010101 111111 01010101 110101 11010101 000101 11110101 110101 01000101 110101 10010110 110101 11010101 111111 11111111 111111 11010101 010101 10010101 110101 11010101 110001 10110101 1101001 01110101 101101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
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