This is an analysis of The Worldling by John Newton.

My barns are full, my stores increase,
And now, for many years,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbb acac adad cece fgfg bgbgXbgbg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11111101 111100 11111111 010111 11010101 110101 11010101 0101001 01111111 000101 11110101 111111 11010101 110001 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 11111101 110101 10110101 111101 110100101 111101 11011101 110001 11110101 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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