Analysis of The Shepherd Boy sings in the Valley of Humiliation
John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)
HE that is down needs fear no fall,
He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide.
I am content with what I have,
Little be it or much:
And, Lord, contentment still I crave,
Because Thou savest such.
Fullness to such a burden is
That go on pilgrimage:
Here little, and hereafter bliss,
Is best from age to age.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11111111 111111 11110101 111111 11101111 101111 01010111 01111 10110101 111100 11000101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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