Analysis of Draxy's Hymn
Helen Hunt Jackson 1830 (Amherst, Massachusetts) – 1885 (San Francisco)
I cannot think but God must know
About the thing I long for so;
I know He is so good, so kind,
I cannot think but He will find
Some way to help, some way to show
Me to the thing I long for so.
I stretch my hand-it lies so near:
It looks so sweet, it looks so dear.
'Dear Lord,' I pray, 'Oh, let me know
If it is wrong to want it so?'
He only smiles-He does not speak:
My heart grows weaker and more weak,
With looking at the thing so dear,
Which lies so far, and yet so near.
Now, Lord, I leave at thy loved feet
This thing which looks so near, so sweet;
I will not seek, I will not long-
almost fear I have been wrong.
I'll go, and work the harder, Lord,
And wait till by some loud, clear word
Thou callest me to thy loved feet,
To take this thing so dear, so sweet.
Scheme | AABBAA CCAADDCC EEFFXXEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 01011111 11111111 11011111 11111111 11011111 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 11011111 11110011 11010111 11110111 11111111 11111111 11111111 111111 11010101 01111111 1111111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 754 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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