Analysis of David's Fall
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
How David, when by sin deceived,
From bad to worse went on!
For when the Holy Spirit's grieved,
Our strength and guard are gone.
His eye on Bathsheba once fixed,
With poison filled his soul;
He ventured on adult'ry next,
And murder crowned the whole.
So from a spark of fire at first,
That has not been descried;
A dreadful flame has often burst,
And ravaged far and wide.
When sin deceives it hardens too,
For though he vainly fought
To hide his crimes from public view,
Of God he little thought.
He neither would, or could repent,
No true compunction felt;
'Till God in mercy Nathan sent,
His stubborn heart to melt.
The parable held forth a fact,
Designed his case to show;
But though the picture was exact,
Himself he did not know.
Thou art the man, the prophet said,
That word his slumber broke;
And when he owned his sin, and prayed,
The Lord forgiveness spoke.
Let those who think they stand beware,
For David stood before;
Nor let the fallen soul despair,
For mercy can restore.
Scheme | AXAX XBXB CACX DEDE FGFG HIHI XJXJ KLKL |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11011101 111111 11010101 1010111 11101011 110111 110111 010101 110111011 11111 01011101 010101 1111101 111101 11111101 111101 11011101 110101 11010101 110111 01001101 011111 11010101 011111 11010101 111101 01111101 010101 11111101 110101 11010101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 970 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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