Analysis of Almighty Spirit, Now Behold
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
Almighty Spirit, now behold
A world by sin destroyed:
Creating Spirit, as of old,
Move on the formless void,
Move on the formless void.
Give Thou the Word: that healing sound
Shall quell the deadly strife;
And earth again, like Eden crowned,
Bring forth the tree of life,
Bring forth the tree of life.
If sang the morning stars for joy,
When nature rose to view,
What strains will angel harps employ,
When Thou shalt all renew,
When Thou shalt all renew!
And if the sons of God rejoice
To hear a Savior’s Name,
How will the ransomed raise their voice
To whom that Savior came,
To whom that Savior came!
Lo, every kindred, every tribe,
Assembling round the throne,
The new creation shall ascribe
To sovereign love alone,
To sovereign love alone!
Scheme | abaBB cdcDD efeFF ghgHH ijiJJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 01010101 011101 01010111 11011 11011 11011101 110101 01011101 110111 110111 11010111 110111 11110101 111101 111101 01011101 110101 1101111 111101 111101 1100101001 0100101 01010101 110101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 730 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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