Analysis of Feet o' Jesus
Langston Hughes 1902 (Joplin) – 1967 (New York City)
Feet o' Jesus
Langston Hughes
At the feet o' Jesus,
Sorrow like a sea.
Lordy, let yo' mercy
Come driftin' down on me.
At the feet o' Jesus
At yo' feet I stand.
O, ma little Jesus,
Please reach out yo' hand.
Scheme | ax Abbb Acac |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1110 101 101110 10101 11110 11111 101110 11111 111010 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 197 |
Words | 42 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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