Analysis of More With Us Than With Them

John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)



Alas! Elisha's servant cried,
When he the Syrian army spied,
But he was soon released from care,
In answer to the prophet's prayer.

Straitway he saw, with other eyes,
A greater army from the skies;
A fiery guard around the hill,
Thus are the saints preserved still.

When Satan and his host appear,
Like him of old, I faint and fear;
Like him, by faith, with joy I see,
A greater host engaged for me.

The saints espouse my cause by prayer,
The angels make my soul their care;
Mine is the promise sealed with blood,
And Jesus lives to make it good.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF BBXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 011101 110100101 11110111 0101011 1111101 01010101 010010101 1101011 11001101 11111101 11111111 01010111 01011111 01011111 11010111 01011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 542
Words 105
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Newton

Rev Dr John A Newton CBE is a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former President of the Methodist Conference. more…

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