This is an analysis of Hymn 79 by Isaac Watts.

A morning hymn.
Psa. 19:5,8; 73:24,25.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X X abab cbcb XdXd aebe ebeb fafa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101 111 10010111 01011101 11010101 01010101 00110001 01000101 10110011 10111111 11011110 101010001 01011100 11111101 11111101 01111101 11100111 010100101 11011111 10011001 11011101 11010101 11110111 11011011 110101101 11110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

and, thy

Anaphora

thy