This is an analysis of Hymn 140 by Isaac Watts.
A living and a dead faith. Collected from several scriptures.
Mistaken souls, that dream of heav'n,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X XaXa bcbc adad efef ebeb ghgh icic
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0101011010010010 01011101 111101 01011110 111101 11110101 010111 110101001 010101 11110101 111111 11110101 110101 11110111 1001010 00011101 0001010 11010100 111101 01010101 101100 10011111 111101 11110100 010001 01010011 111101 10100101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
and, that, he
Anaphora
'tis
