Analysis of Psalm 05
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Aug. 12. 1653.
Jehovah to my words give ear
My meditation waigh
The voyce of my complaining hear
My King and God for unto thee I pray.
Jehovah thou my early voyce
Shalt in the morning hear
Ith'morning I to thee with choyce
Will rank my Prayers, and watch till thou appear.
For thou art not a God that takes
In wickedness delight
Evil with thee no biding makes
Fools or mad men stand not within thy sight.
All workers of iniquity
Thou wilt destroy that speak a ly
The bloodi' and guileful man God doth detest.
But I will in thy mercies dear
Thy numerous mercies go
Into thy house; I in thy fear
Will towards thy holy temple worship low.
Lord lead me in thy righteousness
Lead me because of those
That do observe if I transgress,
Set thy wayes right before, where my step goes.
For in his faltring mouth unstable
No word is firm or sooth
Their inside, troubles miserable;
An open grave their throat, their tongue they smooth.
God, find them guilty, let them fall
By their own counsels quell'd;
Push them in their rebellions all
Still on; for against thee they have rebell'd;
Then all who trust in thee shall bring
Their joy, while thou from blame
Defend'st them, they shall ever sing
And shall triumph in thee, who love thy name.
For thou Jehovah wilt be found
To bless the just man still,
As with a shield thou wilt surround
Him with thy lasting favour and good will.
Scheme | X AXAXBABCBDBDXXXCECEBBBBFGFGHIHIJKJKLMLM |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 10 01011111 10101 01110101 1101110111 01011101 100101 111111 1111011101 11110111 010001 10111101 1111110111 11010100 11011101 010111101 11101101 1100101 01111011 10111010101 11101100 110111 11011101 1111011111 10111010 111111 101101000 1101111111 11110111 111101 11010101 1110111101 11110111 111111 011111101 0110011111 11010111 110111 11011101 111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,450 |
Words | 257 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 39 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 540 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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