This is an analysis of Hymn 22 by Isaac Watts.

With God is terrible majesty.
Terrible God, that reign'st on high,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd ebeX fdfd cgcg
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010100100 10011111 11001101 110011111 11111101 00110101 11010111 11010101 11010111 01011101 110110101 101010111 110100010 10110101 11110101 11110101 10111111 11111111 01010101 11010101 10011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

and, his