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SDA Hymnal 676

Thy Word Is a Lantern

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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.