Analysis of Hymn 91
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Advice to youth; or, Old age and death in an unconverted state.
Eccl. 12:1,7; Isa. 45:20.
Now in the heat of youthful blood
Remember your Creator God:
Behold, the months come hast'ning on,
When you shall say, "My joys are gone!"
Behold, the aged sinner goes,
Laden with guilt and heavy woes,
Down to the regions of the dead,
With endless curses on his head.
The dust returns to dust again;
The soul, in agonies of pain,
Ascends to God, not there to dwell,
But hears her doom, and sinks to hell.
Eternal King! I fear thy name;
Teach me to know how frail I am;
And when my soul must hence remove,
Give me a mansion in thy love.
Scheme | X X XXXX AABB XXCC XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111101010101 110 10011101 01010101 01011111 11111111 0101101 10110101 11010101 11010111 01011101 01010011 01111111 11010111 01011111 11111111 01111101 11010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 617 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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