Analysis of Escape Of The Israelites, And Destruction Of Pharaoh.
Ah! short-sighted monarch, dost thou think to pursue
The Israel of God, and recapture them too?
Hast thou so soon forgotten the plagues on thee sent,
Or so hardened thy heart that thou can'st not relent?
Then make ready thy chariots, a long way they'll reach;
Thou hast six hundred chosen, a captain to each.
Now after them hasten, no time's to be lost,
That God worketh for them, thou'st felt to thy cost.
Speed thee then, speed thee, thou'lt soon them o'ertake,
Thou hast so overtasked them they're powerless and weak.
Ah! weak and defenceless they truly appear,
But the Lord is their rock, they're his special care.
See that pillar that's leading them all on their way,
It's a bright cloud by night and a dark cloud by day;
And now by the Red Sea behold they encamp,
But hark! what's that sound, it's the war horse's tramp.
Look up, see thy enemy close by thee now,
The sea lies before thee, ah! what canst thou do?
Moses bids them go forward at God's command,
When the waters divide, and they walk on dry land;
And the cloud that to Egypt is darkness all night,
To the children of Israel, is a bright shining light.
And now have the Hebrews all safely passed through
The Red Sea, which Pharaoh assaying to do
Is destroyed with his host, every one of them drowned,
Not a man saved alive, not a single man found
To return to lone Egypt, the sad news to bear
To the widows and orphans made desolate there.
But list! hear the rescued their glad voices raise,
And to timbrel and dance add the sweet song of praise,
For Pharaoh hath perished beneath the dark sea,
And the long enslaved Hebrews are happy and free.
July 14, 1852.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111101 010011001011 111101001111 1110111111101 1110110001111 111101001011 11011011111 11111111111 111111111 11111110001 110111001 10111111101 111011011111 101111001111 01101101101 11111101101 11111001111 01101111111 10111101101 101001011111 001111011011 10101100101101 0110111011 011110111 1011111001111 101101101011 101111001111 101001011001 11101011101 01101101111 11011001011 00101111001 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,599 |
Words | 303 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 32, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 629 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 151 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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