This is an analysis of Hymn 37 by Isaac Watts.

Christ's intercession.
Lift up your eyes to th' heav'nly seats…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede cfbf cgcg caca fXfg
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010 111101101 111001 11000111 111111 11111111 110101 01110101 110101 01011111 111101 01001101 100001 11011111 111101 11110011 1101101 10011111 100101 11010111 1101001 11010001 100000100 11011101 011001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

and