This is an analysis of Hymn 135 by Isaac Watts.

The love of Christ shed abroad in the heart.
Eph. 3:16ff.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X baba cdcd eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101101001 11 11010111 111101001 11111111 01110001 11110101 1101101 11011111 0110001 100111011 11111101 01010101 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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