Analysis of Hymn 129
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Submission and deliverance; or, Abraham offering up his son.
Gen. 22:6, etc.
Saints, at your heav'nly Father's word
Give up your comforts to the Lord;
He shall restore what you resign,
Or grant you blessings more divine.
So Abram with obedient hand
Led forth his son at God's command;
The wood, the fire, the knife, he took,
His arm prepared the dreadful stroke.
"Abram, forbear!" the angel cried,
Thy faith is known, thy love is tried
Thy son shall live, and in thy seed
Shall the whole earth be blest indeed."
Just in the last distressing hour
Tie Lord displays deliv'ring power;
The mount of dauger is the place
Where we shall see surprising grace.
Scheme | X X XXAA BBXX CCDD EEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01000100110100111 1100 1111101 11110101 11011101 11110101 101101001 11111101 010100111 11010101 0110101 11111111 11110011 10111101 100101010 1101110 0111101 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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