This is an analysis of Hymn 60 by Isaac Watts.

The Virgin Mary's song.
Luke 1:46ff.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X bcac dece dfbf bghg bXbdXdehe
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 010101 11 11110101 01010101 11010101 10110111 01010101 11010111 0101001011 10010001 11010101 11000101 11011001 101100001 01111101 01011101 01010101 10010001 11001101 0111010100 010001101 11000101 11111101 11011101 100100101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

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