SDA Hymnal 676
Thy Word Is a Lantern
1Thy Word is a lantern unto my feet,
And a light unto my path.
The verse
- Meter
- 10.7
- Foot
- dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 50% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Thy Word is a lantern unto my feet,//˘˘/˘/˘˘/10A
And a light unto my path.˘˘//˘˘/7B
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.