This is an analysis of On War by Augustus Montague Toplady.

Great God, whom heav'n, and earth, and sea.
With all their countless hosts, obey,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddcX ccee ffcc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111111 01110101 01110101 110011101 01110101 11010001 11010101 110010101 11100101 110001101 10110101 1111000010 01011111 11010101 01010101 01110101 01111101 11010101 10010101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the