This is an analysis of Hymn 80 by Isaac Watts.

An evening hymn.
Psa. 4:8; 3:5,6; 148:8.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a X bcbX dada efef gcgc hdhdXafaf
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1101 1111 11011111 110100111 110010111 110100001 10111101 11011111 11011101 11111101 11110101 10010111 11010101 11010111 01010111 11010101 11010111 01011001 10010111 11110101 10010111 01110011 11010111 11110101 11110111 01010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

my

Anaphora

thus