Analysis of Hymn 99
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Stones made children of Abraham.
Vain are the hopes that rebels place
Upon their birth and blood,
Descended from a pious race;
Their fathers now with God.
He from the caves of earth and hell
Can take the hardest stones,
And fill the house of Abram well
With new-created sons.
Such wondrous power doth he possess
Who formed our mortal frame,
Who called the world from emptiness,
The world obeyed and came.
| Scheme | X AXAX BXBX XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110110 11011101 011101 01010101 110111 11011101 110101 01011011 110101 110101101 1110101 11011100 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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