This is an analysis of Hymn 164 by Isaac Watts.

The end of the world.
Why should this earth delight us so?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc cdcd efefXcaca
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01001 11010111 111111 11111101 1100101 11010101 1100010 10010101 1101010 10100111 011101 01111101 011101 101100101 101101 11010001 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

why, the, when