Analysis of Paul's Voyage
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
If Paul in Caesar's court must stand,
He need not fear the sea;
Secured from harm, on every hand,
By the divine decree.
Although the ship, in which he sailed,
By dreadful storms was tossed;
The promise over all prevailed,
And not a life was lost.
Jesus! the God whom Paul adored,
Who saves in time of need;
Was then confessed, by all on board,
A present help indeed!
Though neither sun nor stars were seen
Paul knew the Lord was near;
And faith preserved his soul serene,
When others shook for fear.
Believers thus are tossed about
On life's tempestuous main;
But grace assures, beyond a doubt,
They shall their port attain.
They must, they shall appear one day,
Before their Saviour's throne;
The storms they meet with by the way,
But make his power known.
Their passage lies across the brink
Of many a threat'ning wave;
The world expects to see them sink,
But Jesus lives to save.
Lord, though we are but feeble worms,
Yet since thy word is past;
We'll venture through a thousand storms,
To see thy face at last.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN XOXO |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010111 111101 011111001 100101 1010111 110111 01010101 010111 10011101 110111 11011111 010101 11011101 110111 01011101 110111 01011101 111001 11010101 111101 11110111 01111 01111101 111101 11010101 1100111 01011111 110111 11111101 111111 11010101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 998 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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