Analysis of The Effort
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.
Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.
Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By wars without, and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.
Be Thou my shield and hiding-place,
That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce Accuser face
And tell him Thou hast died.
O wondrous Love! to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners such as I
Might plead Thy gracious name!
Poor tempest-tossed soul, be still,
My promised grace receive;
'Tis Jesus speaks--I must, I will,
I can, I do, believe.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH DIDI JKJK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01110101 110101 11010111 111101 11011101 111101 1110111 011111 11010111 110101 11010101 111111 11110101 110111 11110101 011111 11011101 110101 11010111 111101 1101111 110101 11011111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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