This is an analysis of Hymn 158 by Isaac Watts.

Few saved; or, The almost Christian, the hypocrite, and apostate.
Broad is the road that leads to death,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbX XdXd Xcac efef
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1110111001011010 10011101 11010101 110101001 01110100 1001011110 00100101 10110111 01110101 010111011 11010111 01011101 11010101 11111101 011101001 11011101 111000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17

Anaphora

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