This is an analysis of Hymn 128 by Isaac Watts.

The apostles' commission.
Mark 16:15ff; Matt. 28:18ff.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X bcbc adad bXbX ebeXXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 0100010 1111 1011100101 100111101 11011111 11011101 101110101 11111101 11011111 11010111 101011101 11110011 11110001 11011110 101010101 00110111 110010011 110111100 11111101 10110111 10010101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

go

Anaphora

he, by, go