This is an analysis of Hymn 154 by Isaac Watts.

Self-righteousness insufficient.
"Where are the mourners," saith the Lord,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccaa ddee ddff ddXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11000010 1010100101 101110111 11010101 11111111 101110011 11010101 01110101 01111001 11011101 11010101 10110011 10111101 11011101 01110111 100101110 010111010 100110111 11100101 11110101 010101100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

your

Anaphora

that