This is an analysis of Hymn Xxvi: I Thirst, Thou Wounded Lamb Of God by Charles Wesley.
I thirst, thou wounded Lamb of God,
To wash me in thy cleansing blood,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccX aadd XXdd eebb XfaX ggXXXffdd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 01101101 01011111 01111101 11111100 11010111 11111111 11011101 11111101 11001101 11110101 11111011 11111111 111100101 110101101 11011101 110011001 11110101 11010011 10010101 111111100 11111011 10110101 11110100 11011101 01010111 101100101 1101100 11010101 01111111 01111111 11111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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