This is an analysis of Hymn 50 by Isaac Watts.
The song of Zacharias.
Lk. 1:68ff; John 1:29,32.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a X bXcX bded cacd XdXd dfcf fede ccfc dbaX
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0101010 1111 10010101 110101 01011001 110111 11101101 010001 11010101 010101 11010001 010101 01011101 100101 11010101 110101 11011101 001101 1000101011 1011101 110101001 101001 110010101 1100101 01111101 100101 11010101 110101 11110111 010001 100010101 110101 11011101 1111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 34
Anaphora
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