Analysis of Hymn 46 part 1
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
God glorious, and sinners saved.
Rom. 1:30; 5:8,9; 1 Pet. 3:22.
Father, how wide thy glories shine!
How high thy wonders rise!
Known through the earth by thousand signs,
By thousand through the skies.
Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,
Their motions speak thy skill,
And on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience still.
But when we view thy strange design
To save rebellious worms,
Our souls are filled with awe divine
To see what God performs.
When sinners break the Father's laws,
The dying Son atones;
O the dear myst'ries of his cross,
The triumph of his groans
Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heav'nly plains;
Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.
O may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song!
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.
Scheme | X X ABXB CDCD AXAX XBXX XEXE FXFX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11000101 11 10111101 111101 11011101 110101 110101110 110111 0101110010 111101 11111101 110101 101111101 111101 11010101 01011 1011111 010111 10110101 01011 110111 011101 11111101 010101 10011111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 804 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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