This is an analysis of Hymn 13 by Isaac Watts.

The Son of God incarnate.
Isa. 9:2,6,7.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X baca dXbX ccec XcecXadad
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 0101010 101 01110101 11100101 10110111 11010101 01010101 011010101 11011100 110001000 01000101 10010101 101010101 01010101 01000111 01010101 01100101 11000101 10010111 11010101 11010101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

of, his

Anaphora

the