This is an analysis of Hymn 36 by Isaac Watts.

A lovely carriage.
Matt. 10:16.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X X abab cdcd eded fafa gggg hchc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010 11 11010101 010101 11111101 010101 11011101 010101 11010110 110101 11110111 111101 11011101 110111 11010101 011011 11010001 110101 11010011 110101 01110101 010100 11110101 010111 11110101 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

and, their

Anaphora

nor, such, his