This is an analysis of Psalm 72 Part 1 by Isaac Watts.

The kingdom of Christ.
Great God, whose universal sway…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddee aaaa XcXd ffaaXddcc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01001 11110101 01101101 11010011 010100101 11010101 11110001 01010101 11110111 010010101 111010001 01010111 110101101 11111101 111101001 01110110 11011101 01011101 01010001 01101101 11010101 01110001 10010111 11010001 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

his, and

Anaphora

the