This is an analysis of Your Harps, Ye Trembling Saints by Augustus Montague Toplady.

Your harps, ye trembling saints,
Down from the willows take;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdXd cbdb adcd XeXe cfcf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111001 100111 10010101 1100101 100101 111101 11001101 1100101 010001 101101 10111101 110101 110101 1101001 10010111 110101 111111 011001 01000111 011001 100111 110111 11110101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24