Analysis of Harvest
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
See! the corn again in ear!
How the fields and valleys smile!
Harvest now is drawing near
To repay the farmer's toil:
Gracious Lord, secure the crop,
Satisfy the poor with food;
In thy mercy is our hope,
We have sinned but thou art good.
While I view the plenteous grain
As it ripens on the stalk;
May I not instruction gain,
Helpful, to my daily walk?
All this plenty of the field
Was produced from foreign seeds;
For the earth itself would yield
Only crops of useless weeds.
Though, when newly sawn, it lay
Hid awhile beneath the ground,
Some might think it thrown away
Now a large increase is found:
Though concealed, it was not lost,
Though it died, it lives again;
Eastern storms, and nipping frosts
Have opposed its growth in vain.
Let the praise be all the Lord's,
As the benefit is ours!
He, in seasons, still affords
Kindly heat, and gentle flow'rs:
By his care the produce thrives
Waving o'er the furrowed lands;
And when harvest-time arrives,
Ready for the reaper stands.
Thus in barren hearts he sows
Precious seeds of heav'nly joy;
Sin, and hell, in vain oppose,
None can grace's crop destroy:
Threatened oft, yet still it blooms,
After many changes past,
Death, the reaper, when he comes,
Finds it fully ripe at last.
Scheme | XXXXXXXX ABABCDCD EFEFXXXA GXGDHIHI JKJKXLXL |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 100111 01101101 1111111 111011 111101 1110101 1011101 1110101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1110111 1010101 1111101 1010111 1011111 1111101 1010101 1011101 1011101 10100110 1010101 1010101 1110011 10100101 0110101 1010101 1010111 101111 1010101 1110101 1011111 1010101 1010111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,204 |
Words | 223 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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