Analysis of Jesus, by Whose Grace I Live
Augustus Montague Toplady 1740 (Farnham, Surrey) – 1778
Jesus, by whose grace I live,
From the fear of evil kept,
Thou has lengthen'd my reprieve,
Held in being while I slept.
With the day my heart renew;
Let me wake thy will to do.
Since the last revolving dawn
Scatter'd the nocturnal cloud,
O, how many souls have gone,
Unprepar'd, to meet their God!
Yet thou dost prolong my breath,
Nor hast seal'd my eyes in death.
O that I may keep thy word,
Taught by thee to watch and pray
To thy service, dearest Lord,
Sanctify the present day:
Swift its fleeting moments haste,
Doom'd, perhaps, to be my last.
Crucify'd to all below,
Earth shall never be my care
Wealth and honour I forego,
This my only wish and care,
Thine in life and death to be,
Now and to eternity.
Scheme | XAXABB CXCXDD XEXEXX FGFGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111 1011101 1110101 1010111 1011101 1111111 1010101 1000101 1110111 011111 1110111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1110101 1000101 1110101 1011111 11101 1110111 101101 1110101 1010111 1010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 693 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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