This is an analysis of Hymn 149 by Isaac Watts.

The offices of Christ. From several scriptures.
Join all the names of love and power…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a XXbb aXcc aadd eeXX ffcc ggaa aahh ffdd cccc iihh aaccXddaa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 010001010010 110101110 11011101 11110101 1110101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11011111 01000101 00010001 10010101 01010101 11011111 11010101 01010110 01011101 11010111 11010111 11110101 11001001 11110111 11010101 11011111 10010101 110010111 100010101 01111101 110010101 10111111 11110101 01011101 11010101 11000111 01010101 11111111 11110101 111100111 11011111 10010111 01001111 011101001 01000101 11110101 11110101 111111001 11110101 11011101 01001101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 49

Repeated words/phrases

his, he, my, and

Anaphora

of