This is an analysis of Hymn 129 by Isaac Watts.

Submission and deliverance; or, Abraham offering up his son.
Gen. 22:6, etc.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X bbaa bbcc bbbX ddee
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010101001101100101 10011100 11110101 11110001 11011101 11110101 101001001 11011101 010100111 01010101 1001000101 11011101 11111011 101101100 100101010 110110010 01010001 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 18

Anaphora

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