This is an analysis of Hymn 23 by Isaac Watts.
The sight of God and Christ in heaven.
Descend from heav'n, immortal Dove,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede fafa Xeae egeg hbhb
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010111010 01010101 11111111 11111101 010101001 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 10010111 01010111 1101100111 01110101 11110101 11010111 10110111 111100101 11010011 11011101 11110101 11110101 11111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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