This is an analysis of The Barren Fig-Tree by John Newton.
The church a garden is
In which believers stand,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedebb aaaaff ghghdd ieiebb cdcXee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 010100 010101 110101 101111 01010111 110010101 110111 000101 111101 110101 11011101 11110001 010101 010111 110101 011101 11010011 01010111 110001 110101 010101 010101 01010101 11010101 101111 110111 110101 110101 11111111 01111101 010101 110101 000101 111110 11110101 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
his
Anaphora
his, if
