Analysis of Hymn 77
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
The love of Christ to the church, in his language to her,
and provisions for her.
Now in the galleries of his grace
Appears the King, and thus he says,
"How fair my saints are in my sight!
My love how pleasant for delight!"
Kind is thy language, sovereign Lord,
There's heav'nly grace in every word;
From that dear mouth a stream divine
Flows sweeter than the choicest wine.
Such wondrous love awakes the lip
Of saints that were almost asleep,
To speak the praises of thy name,
And makes our cold affections flame.
These are the joys he lets us know
In fields and villages below;
Gives us a relish of his love,
But keeps his noblest feast above.
In Paradise, within the gates,
A higher entertainment waits
Fruits new and old laid up in store,
Where we shall feed, but thirst no more.
Scheme | AA XXBB XXCC XXDD EEFF GGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111101011010 001010 100100111 01010111 11111011 11110101 11110101 11101001 11110101 11010101 1101101 1110101 11010111 011010101 11011111 01010001 11010111 11110101 0100101 0100101 11011101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 782 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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