This is an analysis of Hymn 160 by Isaac Watts.

Custom in sin.
Let the wild leopards of the wood…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc caca dede aaff
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1001 10110001 11011101 11010101 11110111 111101001 11010011 01111111 11100101 111101001 11010101 110100101 11010001 111111001 11010101 11010111 01000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

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