This is an analysis of Hymn 73 by Isaac Watts.

The church's beauty in the eyes of Christ.
SS 4:1-11.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X X aabX cbdd eXbb ffcc bbXX ggffXbbee
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 0101000101 111 10010111 010101001 1111110011 10011110100 101111101 01110101 11110101 11110111 101111101 100111010 11010101 110100011 100110111 11111111 01101101 01010100 10101110011 1001111001 110011110 010111010 11100101 00110111 01010101 11000111 110111001 11011101 11111111 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

and, my, nor

Anaphora

nor