This is an analysis of Hymn 55 by Isaac Watts.

Hezekiah's song; or, Sickness and recovery.
Isa. 38:9ff.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X X abcb XdXd accX adcd ecec fgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100111010100 101 11110101 110101 11010011 01001 010001001 110101 01110101 010101 100111101 110101 101111111 0100110 11000101 110111 01000101 010101 01010101 110101 10110101 111001 01010111 111101 11110101 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

we

Anaphora

our, he