This is an analysis of Hymn 155 by Isaac Watts.

Christ our passover.
Lo, the destroying angel flies…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab XcXc bdbd ececXcbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11110 10010101 010101 011100101 100101 110101010 110101 110111001 110101 10010111 0100101 11000101 1100101 10110101 011111 10110101 010101 10111011 111101 10010101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21