Analysis of Salvation Drawing Nearer
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
Darkness overspreads us here,
But the night wears fast away;
Jacob's star will soon appear,
Leading on eternal day!
Now 'tis time to rouse from sleep,
Trim our lamps and stand prepared;
For our Lord strict watch to keep,
Lest he find us off our guard.
Let his people courage take,
Bear with a submissive mind
All they suffer for his sake,
Rich amends they soon will find:
He will wipe away their tears,
Near himself appoint their lot;
All their sorrows, pains and fears,
Quickly then wilt be forgot.
Though already saved, by grace,
From the hour we first believed;
Yet while sin and war have place,
We have but a part received:
Still we for salvation wait,
Every hour it nearer comes!
Death will break the prison gate,
And admit us to our homes.
Sinners, what can you expect?
You who now the Saviour dare;
Break his laws, his grace reject,
You must stand before his bar!
Tremble, lest he say, Depart!
Oh the horrors of that sound!
Lord, make every careless heart,
Seek thee while thou may'st be found.
Scheme | XAXABXBX CDCDXEXE FGFGHXHX IXIXJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 1011101 1011101 1010101 1111111 11010101 11011111 11111101 1110101 1100101 1110111 1011111 1110111 1010111 1110101 1011101 1010111 10101101 1110111 1110101 1110101 100101101 1110101 00111101 1011101 111011 1111101 1110111 1011101 1010111 11100101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 981 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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