Analysis of Time How Swift
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
While with ceaseless course the sun
Hasted through the former year,
Many souls their race have run,
Never more to meet us here;
Fixed in an eternal fate,
They have done with all below.
We a little longer wait,
But how little -- none can know.
As the winged arrow flies
Speedily the mark to find;
As the lightning from the skies
Darts, and leaves no trace behind,
Swiftly thus our fleeting days
Bear us down life's rapid stream.
Upward, Lord, our spirits raise;
All below is but a dream.
Thanks for mercies past receive,
Pardon of our sins renew;
Teach us, henceforth how to live
With eternity in view.
Bless Thy Word to young and old,
Fill us with a Saviour's love;
And when life's short tale is told,
May we dwell with Thee above.
Scheme | AXAXBCBC DEDEFGFG XHXHIJIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 110101 1011111 1011111 1010101 1111101 1010101 1110111 101101 1000111 1010101 1011101 10110101 1111101 10110101 1011101 1110101 10110101 1111111 1010001 1111101 111011 0111111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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