This is an analysis of The Joy Of The Lord Is Your Strength by John Newton.

Joy is a fruit that will not grow
In nature's barren foil;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef bdbd XgXg hihi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10011011 010101 11111111 010011 11011101 110101 110100111 111101 01010111 010101 01110101 111101 01010101 011101 101011101 100001 11011101 110001 11010111 110101 11010111 101101 01001111 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

a, to