Millennial Harp 9
The Lord Is Our Shepherd
1The Lord is our Shep-herd, our guardian and guide; What-ev-er we want, he will
2kind-ly pro-vide. To th'sheep of his pas-ture his mer-cies a-bound, His
3care and pro-tec-tion his flock will sur-round.
The verse
- Meter
- 21
- Foot
- dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 44% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
The Lord is our Shep-herd, our guardian and guide; What-ev-er we want, he will˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘˘/˘˘21A
Verse 2
kind-ly pro-vide. To th'sheep of his pas-ture his mer-cies a-bound, His/˘˘/˘?˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘16A
Verse 3
care and pro-tec-tion his flock will sur-round./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.