Analysis of There is a calm for those who weep,
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
There is a calm for those who weep,
A rest for weary pilgrims found:
They softly lie, and sweetly sleep,
Low in the ground.
The storm that wrecks the winter sky
No more disturbs their deep repose
Than summer evening's latest sigh
That shuts the rose.
A bruised reed God will not break;
Afflictions all his children feel;
He wounds them for his mercy's sake.
He wounds to heal!
O traveller in the vale of tears!
To realms of everlasting light,
Through time's dark wilderness of years,
Pursue thy flight.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011111 01110101 11010101 1001 01110101 11011101 11010101 1101 0111111 01011101 1111111 1111 110000111 1110101 11110011 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 496 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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