This is an analysis of Psalm 87 by Isaac Watts.

The church the birth-place of the saints.
God in his earthly temple lays…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc abdd eeff ffgg hhii
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011001 10010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 010101001 11111101 11010101 11010111 11000101 11010101 11001101 11111101 10111111 11011101 10111101 011101001 11110101 01000101 10110001 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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