This is an analysis of Hymn 75 by Isaac Watts.

The description of Christ the beloved.
SS 5:9-16.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X bbXX ccdd eeff ffff aagg aaee ffaa hhii jjffXaabb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 0010010010 111 010101001 11111101 1101011100 0100010100 11010011 10110111 11010101 01010111 10010101 10011111 01001101 01011101 01010101 11000101 11010101 11010101 10000111 11010001 01011111 01010101 01110001 11010101 11011101 01111111 11110101 10011100 11010001 01110101 01110011 01010001 11110101 11110001 01111101 11110101 01001100 11000101 110100011 100101101 01010101 10111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

and, his

Anaphora

his