Analysis of The Two Malefactors
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
Sovereign grace has pow'r alone
To subdue a heart of stone;
And the moment grace is felt,
Then the hardest heart will melt.
When the Lord was crucified,
Two transgressors with him died;
One with vile blaspheming tongue,
Scoffed at Jesus as he hung.
Thus he spent his wicked breath,
In the very jaws of death
Perished, as too many do,
With the Saviour in his view.
But the other, touched with grace,
Saw the danger of his case;
Faith received to own the Lord,
Whom the scribes and priests abhorred.
Lord, he prayed, remember me;
When in glory thou shalt be;
Soon with me, the Lord replies,
Thou shalt rest in paradise.
This was wondrous grace indeed,
Grace vouchsafed in time of need!
Sinners trust in Jesu's name,
You shall find him still the same.
But beware of unbelief,
Think upon the hardened thief;
If the gospel you disdain,
Christ, to you, will die in vain.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIXX JJKK LLMM |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 10111101 1010111 0010111 1010111 101110 11111 11111 1110111 1111101 0010111 1011101 101011 1010111 1010111 1011101 1010101 1110101 1010111 1110101 111010 1110101 110111 101011 1111101 10111 1010101 1010101 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 851 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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