Analysis of Hymn 4 part 2
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
The inward witness to Christianity.
1 Jn. 5:10.
Questions and doubts be heard no more,
Let Christ and joy be all our theme;
His Spirit seals his gospel sure,
To every soul that trusts in him.
Jesus, thy witness speaks within;
The mercy which thy words reveal
Refines the heart from sense and sin,
And stamps its own celestial seal.
'Tis God's inimitable hand
That molds and forms the heart anew;
Blasphemers can no more withstand,
But bow, and own thy doctrine true.
The guilty wretch that trusts thy blood
Finds peace and pardon at the cross;
The sinful soul, averse to God,
Believes and loves his Maker's laws.
Learning and wit may cease their strife,
When miracles with glory shine;
The voice that calls the dead to life
Must be almighty and divine.
Scheme | X A XXXX ABAB CACX XXXX DADA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101010100 1 10011111 110111101 11011101 110011101 10110101 01011101 01011101 01110101 11010001 11010101 111101 11011101 01011111 11010101 01010111 01011101 10011111 11001101 01110111 11010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 739 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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