This is an analysis of Hymn 91 by Isaac Watts.

Advice to youth; or, Old age and death in an unconverted state.
Eccl. 12:1,7; Isa. 45:20.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X X aabX ccaa bbdd eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101111110110101 11101 10010101 01010101 01011101 11111011100 0101101 10011101 10010001 01010101 01010101 01010001 01011101 11011101 01011111 11011111 11111101 11010011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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