This is an analysis of Hymn 146 by Isaac Watts.

Characters of Christ; borrowed from inanimate things in Scripture.
Go, worship at Immanuel's feet,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddee ddee ffgg ffhh bbee ffii XXgg ccbb ffgg ddjj eekk eegg kacc bbkk ccff ffddXffcc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1000111001001010 11011001 10011101 10110001 01010101 01010101 11111011 10010101 11010101 01010111 11111101 11110101 01010101 01010101 01000101 11011101 01011111 01011101 11000101 10010101 01010101 01010101 01010111 11010101 11010101 01011101 110101011 01011101 11010101 01010111 11010111 11011101 11110101 010101111 10110111 10010111 11001001 01011111 01010101 10111011 01110101 01011101 01010101 11110111 1101111 01011100 01010111 01010101 11011101 01010101 11011101 11110101 11010101 01010101 1100100110 11001101 100111111 01011101 10010101 11010001 11010101 01010111 01011100 10011101 01111111 11111101 11110101 110101001 111110101 11111111 11010101 01011101 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 19
  • Lines: 73

Repeated words/phrases

his, and, i, nor

Anaphora

is, i, nor