Analysis of Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Henry Francis Lyte 1793 (Ednam) – 1847 (Nice)
Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow Thee.
Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be.
Perish every fond ambition, all I’ve sought or hoped or known.
Yet how rich is my condition! God and heaven are still mine own.
Let the world despise and leave me, they have left my Savior, too.
Human hearts and looks deceive me; Thou art not, like them, untrue.
And while Thou shalt smile upon me, God of wisdom, love and might,
Foes may hate and friends disown me, show Thy face and all is bright.
Go, then, earthly fame and treasure! Come, disaster, scorn and pain!
In Thy service, pain is pleasure; with Thy favor, loss is gain.
I have called Thee, “Abba, Father”; I have set my heart on Thee:
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, all must work for good to me.
Man may trouble and distress me, ’twill but drive me to Thy breast.
Life with trials hard may press me; heaven will bring me sweeter rest.
Oh, ’tis not in grief to harm me while Thy love is left to me;
Oh, ’twere not in joy to charm me, were that joy unmixed with Thee.
Take, my soul, thy full salvation; rise o’er sin, and fear, and care;
Joy to find in every station something still to do or bear:
Think what Spirit dwells within thee; what a Father’s smile is thine;
What a Savior died to win thee, child of heaven, shouldst thou repine?
Haste then on from grace to glory, armed by faith, and winged by prayer,
Heaven’s eternal day’s before thee, God’s own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thy earthly mission, swift shall pass thy pilgrim days;
Hope soon change to glad fruition, faith to sight, and prayer to praise.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEAA FFAA GGXB GGHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 101111101110101 10010101111111 1010010101111111 1111101010101111 101010111111101 101010111111101 011110111110101 111010111110111 111010101010101 011011101110111 111110101111111 111011101111111 111000111111111 1110111110111101 111011111111111 111011110110111 111110101110101 1110100101011111 111010111010111 101011111110111 111111101110111 1001010111111111 111110101111101 111110101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,633 |
Words | 306 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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