Analysis of Hymn - A Sacred Concert

Henry Timrod 1828 (Charleston) – 1867 (Columbia)



Faint falls the gentle voice of prayer
In the wild sounds that fill the air,
Yet, Lord, we know that voice is heard,
Not less than if Thy throne it stirred.

Thine ear, thou tender One, is caught,
If we but bend the knee in thought;
No choral song that shakes the sky
Floats farther than the Christian's sigh.

Not all the darkness of the land
Can hide the lifted eye and hand;
Nor need the clanging conflict cease,
To make Thee hear our cries for peace.


Scheme AABB XXCC DDEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11010111 00111101 11111111 11111111 11110111 11110101 11011101 1101011 11010101 11010101 11010101 111110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 461
Words 92
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Timrod

Henry Timrod was an American poet, often called the poet laureate of the Confederacy. more…

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