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
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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Langston Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue" which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue". more…

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