This is an analysis of Hymn 24 by Isaac Watts.

The rich sinner dying.
Psa. 49:6,9; Eccl. 8:8; Job 3:14,15.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X X abXb ccXc adad XXdc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011010 111111 01010101 11110101 11110101 11110101 11010101 1111101 11110101 01011101 01000101 01010101 11010111 00110101 11110001 111111010 11010101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

their

Anaphora

their, the