Analysis of Psalm 144 part 2
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.3-6
C. M.
The vanity of man and condescension of God.
Lord, what is man, poor feeble man,
Born of the earth at first?
His life a shadow, light and vain,
Still hasting to the dust.
O what is feeble, dying man,
Or any of his race,
That God should make it his concern
To visit him with grace?
That God who darts his lightnings down,
Who shakes the worlds above,
And mountains tremble at his frown,
How wondrous is his love!
| Scheme | XXX AXXX ABXB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 1 11 010011001011 11111101 110111 1101101 110101 11110101 110111 11111101 110111 11111101 110101 01010111 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 417 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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