This is an analysis of The Necessity Of A New Heart by John Bunyan.

Now wouldst thou have a heart that tender is,
A heart that forward is to close with bliss;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ab cc bb dd dd XX ee aaXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Metre: 1111011100 0111000101 0110010101 0011001101 0101000101 1101000111 1000010101 010001101 1101110101 1101101100 0101111100 1101010101 1101011101 1101010101 1100110001 1111110001 0001011011 0101010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

that, heart, of

Anaphora

a