Analysis of Te Deum
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
Thee, Sovereign God, our grateful accents praise;
We own thee Lord, and bless thy wondrous ways;
To thee, Eternal Father, earth's whole frame
With loudest trumpets sounds immortal fame.
Lord God of Hosts! for thee the heavenly powers,
With sounding anthems, fill the vaulted towers.
Thy Cherubims thee Holy, Holy, Holy, cry;
Thrice Holy, all the Seraphims reply,
And thrice returning echoes endless songs supply.
Both heaven and earth thy majesty display;
They owe their beauty to thy glorious ray.
Thy praises fill the loud apostles' quire:
The train of prophets in the song conspire.
Legions of martyrs in the chorus shine,
And vocal blood with vocal music join.[24]
By these thy church, inspired by heavenly art,
Around the world maintains a second part,
And tunes her sweetest notes, O God, to thee,
The Father of unbounded majesty;
The Son, adored co-partner of thy seat,
And equal everlasting Paraclete.
Thou King of Glory, Christ, of the Most High,
Thou co-eternal filial Deity;
Thou who, to save the world's impending doom,
Vouchsafst to dwell within a virgin's womb;
Old tyrant Death disarmed, before thee flew
The bolts of heaven, and back the foldings drew,
To give access, and make thy faithful way;
From God's right hand thy filial beams display.
Thou art to judge the living and the dead;
Then spare those souls for whom thy veins have bled.
O take us up amongst thy bless'd above,
To share with them thy everlasting love.
Preserve, O Lord! thy people, and enhance
Thy blessing on thine own inheritance.
For ever raise their hearts, and rule their ways,
Each day we bless thee, and proclaim thy praise;
No age shall fail to celebrate thy name,
No hour neglect thy everlasting fame.
Preserve our souls, O Lord, this day from ill;
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy still:
As we have hoped, do thou reward our pain;
We've hoped in thee--let not our hope be vain.
Scheme | AABBCCDDDEEFGHHIIJJKIDJLLMMEENNOOPQAABBRRSS |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011010101 1111011101 1101010111 1101010101 111111010010 11010101010 1111010101 11010101 010101010101 11001110001 11110111001 1101010101 01110001010 1011000101 0101110101 111101011001 0101010101 0101011111 0101010100 0101110111 0100101 1111011011 11010100100 1111010101 111010101 1101010111 0111001011 111011101 11111100101 1111010001 1111111111 1111011101 111110101 0111110001 1101110100 1101110111 1111100111 111111011 1100110101 01101111111 1101111101 11111101101 11011110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,840 |
Words | 326 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 43 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,470 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 323 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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