Analysis of Ebenezer
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
The Lord, our salvation and light,
The guide of our strength and our days,
Has brought us together to-night,
A new Ebenezer to raise:
The year we have now passed through,
His goodness with blessings has crown'd,
Each morning his mercies were new;
Then let our thanksgivings abound.
Encompass'd with dangers and snares,
Temptations, and fears, and complaints,
His ear he inclin'd to our pray'rs,
His hand open'd wide to our wants.
We never besought him in vain;
When burden'd with sorrow or sin,
He help'd us again and again,
Or where before now had we been?
His Gospel, throughout the long year,
From Sabbath to Sabbath he gave;
How oft has he met with us here,
And shown himself mighty to save?
His candlestick has been remov'd
From churches once privileg'd thus;
But though we unworthy have prov'd,
It still is continu'd to us.
For so many mercies receiv'd,
Alas! what returns have we made?
His Spirit we often have griev'd,
And evil for good have repaid,
How well it becomes us to cry,
"Oh! who is a God like to thee?
Who passest iniquities by,
And plungest them deep in the sea!"
To Jesus., who sits on the throne,
Our best hallelujahs we bring;
To thee it is owing alone
That we are permitted to sing:
Assist us, we pray, to lament
The sins of the year that is past
And grant that the next may be spent
Far more to thy praise than the last.
Scheme | ABABCDCD XXBXXEXE XFXFGHGH IJIJKLKL MNMNOPOP |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 011001001 0111010101 11101011 0101011 0111111 11011011 11011001 1110101 01011001 01001001 111011101 111011101 1101101 11011011 11101001 11011111 11001011 11011011 11111111 01011011 1101101 1101101 11101011 11101011 11101001 01101111 11011011 01011101 11101111 11101111 1111 0111001 11011101 101111 11111001 11101011 01111101 01101111 01101111 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,353 |
Words | 251 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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