This is an analysis of Hymn 116 by Isaac Watts.

Love to God and our neighbor.
Matt. 22:37-40.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X bcbc XXXX dede Xfaf
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011110 111 11010101 1011101011 01110111 01110101 101110101 11010101 11110010 101111010 00011101 00010111 11000101 10110111 11111101 11110011 111101010 11110110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

thy, and

Anaphora

this