Analysis of Peter Released From Prison
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
Fervent persevering prayers
Are faith's assured resource,
Brazen gates, and iron bars,
In vain withstand their force:
Peter when in prison cast,
Though by soldiers kept with care;
Though the doors were bolted fast,
Was soon released by prayer.
While he slept an angel came
And spread a light around;
Touched, and called him by his name,
And raised him from the ground:
All his chains and fetters burst,
Every door wide open flew;
Peter thought he dreamed, at first,
But found the vision true.
Thus the Lord can make a way
To bring his saints relief;
'Tis their part, to wait and pray,
In spite of unbelief:
He can break through walls of stone,
Sink the mountain to a plain;
They, to whom his name is known;
Can never pray in vain.
Thus in chains of guilt and sin,
Poor sinners sleeping lie;
No alarm is felt within,
Although condemned to die:
Till descending from above
Mercy smiling in his eyes
Jesus, with a voice of love,
Awakes, and bids them rise.
Glad the summons they obey,
And liberty desire;
Strait their fetters melt away,
Like wax before the fire:
By the word of him who died,
Guilty pris'ners to release;
Every door flies open wide,
And they depart in peace.
Scheme | XAXABCBC DEDEFGFG HIHIJKJK LMLMNONO HPHPQRQR |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 1000101 110110 1010101 010111 1010101 1110111 1010101 110111 1111101 010101 1011111 011101 1110101 10011101 1011111 110101 1011101 111101 1111101 0111 1111111 1010101 1111111 110101 1011101 110101 1011101 10111 1010101 1010011 1010111 10111 1010101 0100010 1110101 1101010 1011111 101101 10011101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,143 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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