This is an analysis of Hymn 157 by Isaac Watts.

Satan's devices.
Now Satan comes with dreadful roar…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa bXbc cdcd eaea
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10010 11010101 110001 110111010 000101 11010101 011110 10110101 110101 11011101 110011 10110101 110101 10011001 110101 11010111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17