Analysis of A Hymn To God The Father

Ben Jonson 1572 (Westminster) – 1637 (Westminster)



Hear me, O God!
A broken heart
Is my best part.
Use still thy rod,
That I may prove
Therein thy Love.

If thou hadst not
Been stern to me,
But left me free,
I had forgot
Myself and thee.

For sin's so sweet,
As minds ill-bent
Rarely repent,
Until they meet
Their punishment.

Who more can crave
Than thou hast done?
That gav'st a Son,
To free a slave,
First made of nought;
With all since bought.

Sin, Death, and Hell
His glorious name
Quite overcame,
Yet I rebel
And slight the same.

But I'll come in
Before my loss
Me farther toss,
As sure to win
Under His cross.


Scheme ABBAXX CDDCD EFFEX GHHGAC XIIXI JKKJK
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 0101 1111 1111 1111 0111 1111 1111 1111 1101 101 1111 1111 1001 0111 1100 1111 1111 1101 1101 1111 1111 1101 11001 1101 1110 0101 1110 0111 1101 1111 1011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 546
Words 116
Sentences 9
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 71
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Modified on April 16, 2023

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Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson was a playwright, poet, and literary critic of the seventeenth century, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. more…

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