This is an analysis of David's Fall by John Newton.
How David, when by sin deceived,
From bad to worse went on!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cXca ecec cccc cece afaf gggg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 010111 11010101 111111 01101011 010101 11011001 110101 100101011 111010 01011101 110111 111000101 111101 01010101 011101 11011101 110101 11010101 010101 01001101 010101 11010101 011011 11010101 110101 11110111 010101 11111101 110101 11010101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32