Analysis of Joy To The Followers of The Lord
Anna Laetitia Barbauld 1743 (Kibworth) – 1825 (Stoke Newington)
Joy to the followers of the Lord!
Thus saith the sure the eternal word.
Not of earth the joy it brings,
Tempered in celestial springs:
'Tis the joy of pardoned sin,
When conscience cries, 'Tis well within;
'Tis the joy that fills the breast
When the passions sink to rest:
'Tis a joy that, seated deep,
Leaves not when we sigh and weep;
It spreads itself in virtuous deeds,
With sorrow sighs, in pity bleeds.
Stern and awful are its tones
When the patriot martyr groans,
And the throbbing pulse beats high
To rapture, mixed with agony.
A tenderer, softer form it wears,
Dissolved in love, dissolved in tears,
When humble souls a Saviour greet,
And sinners clasp the mercy-seat.
'Tis joy e'en here! a budding flower,
Struggling with snows and storm and shower,
And waits the moment to expand,
Transplanted to its native land.
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Metre | 110100101 110100101 1110111 1000101 1011101 11011101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1111101 110101001 11010101 1010111 10100101 0010111 11011100 0110111 01010101 1101011 01010101 1111101010 1001101010 01010101 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 809 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 323 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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