This is an analysis of Hymn 4 by Isaac Watts.
Salvation in the cross.
Here at thy cross, my dying God,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede adad fbfb bgbg
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010001 11111101 11110111 01010011 101101001 11110111 01110011 11111101 11010101 110100111 100110111 01111101 01110101 11111111 11110111 11001111 11011101 10010111 11111111 10001101 11110001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
thy, should, my
Anaphora
should
