This is an analysis of Hymn 167 by Isaac Watts.

The Divine Perfections.
Great God! thy glories shall employ…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd eedd ffcc aXee ggaa eedd aadd XXhh hhii
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 001100 11110101 11011101 11010101 110010101 11011101 010100101 11010101 11110111 010101101 00011101 01110101 11010001 11010111 11010000 01010101 11110111 01010101 10010100 11010111 010010111 01000101 11010001 11010101 11010001 101010111 01000101 01011101 11010101 01010101 10110101 10111111 101010111 10010111 11111111 0110001 01010001 11100101 1011101101 10111101 01010011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 41

Repeated words/phrases

my, and, his

Anaphora

my