This is an analysis of Hymn 162 by Isaac Watts.

Meditation of heaven; or, The joy of faith.
My thoughts surmount these lower skies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd ecec afaf bgbg
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101001010101 11011101 110101 101010101 010101 11010101 01101 11010111 110101 01011101 011101 11110101 110101 11011101 111101 10010101 001101 11100101 010101 11110101 111001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

of, his

Anaphora

his