This is an analysis of Hymn 19 by Isaac Watts.
The song of Simeon; or, Death made desirable.
Luke 2:27ff…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a X bcbc Xded dede XeXX fefe gaga
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010011101000 11 11110101 1101001 11011101 111101 01011101 001111 11000101 110101 1011101011 1001101 11110101 111101 100010101 010111 11010111 0111010 10010011 110101 11111101 010011 11111111 111101 010100111 110011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
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