Analysis of Hymn 18
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims,
For all the pious dead;
Sweet is the savor of their names,
And soft their sleeping bed.
They die in Jesus, and are blest;
How kind their slumbers are!
From suff'rings and from sins released,
And freed from every snare.
Far from this world of toil and strife,
They're present with the Lord;
The labors of their mortal life
End in a large reward.
Scheme | A BCBC XXXX DADA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111001 11011101 110101 11010111 011101 11010011 11111 1101101 0111001 11111101 110101 01011101 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 438 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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