This is an analysis of Hymn 165 by Isaac Watts.
Unfruitfulness, ignorance, and unsanctified affections.
Long have I sat beneath the sound…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aaaa bcbc acac dede fbfb gggg
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 100010011000010 11110101 010101 11111101 110011 11101101 111101 11010011 1100101 11010111 110111 11010011 110011 11110011 110011 11110101 110101 111101001 011101 11010011 111111 11010101 110111 11010101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
thy, my, how
Anaphora
my, how
