This is an analysis of Hymn 59 by Isaac Watts.

Babylon fallen.
Rev. 18:20,21.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X aaXX bbXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,
  • Metre: 10110 11 010010101 10110101 100011111 110111100 11110111 11011001 101001101 111101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

he

Anaphora

he, thus