This is an analysis of Hymn 46 by Isaac Watts.

God's condescension to human affairs.
Up to the Lord, that reigns on high,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc ddXd aeae aaaa cdXd bfbf aXaa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101001001 10011111 11010001 11010101 11110101 11110111 10011001 01010101 11010101 11110101 11011101 10111101 11011101 11011101 11001101 11010101 01010101 11011111 00010011 111001010 11110101 01110101 11010001 11010111 01110101 11110101 01010011 00111111 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

his, to, our

Anadiplosis

god