Analysis of Hymn 53
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
The Holy Scriptures.
Heb. 1:1,2; 2 Tim. 3:15,16; Psa. 147:19,20.
God, who in various methods told
His mind and will to saints of old,
Sent down his Son, with truth and grace,
To teach us in these latter days.
Our nation reads the written word,
That book of life, that sure record:
The bright inheritance of heav'n
Is by the sweet conveyance giv'n.
God's kindest thoughts are here expressed,
Able to make us wise and bless'd;
The doctrines are divinely true,
Fit for reproof and comfort too.
Ye British isles, who read his love
In long epistles from above,
(He hath not sent his sacred word
To every land,) praise ye the Lord.
Scheme | A A BBXX CDEE FFGG HHCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010 111 110100101 11011111 11111101 11101101 101010101 11111101 01010011 11010101 11011101 10111101 01010101 1110101 11011111 011101 11111101 110011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 617 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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