Analysis of Hymn XIV: Happy the Man That Finds the Grace
John Wesley 1703 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1791 (London)
Happy the man that finds the grace,
The blessing of God's chosen race,
The wisdom coming from above,
The faith that sweetly works by love.
Happy beyond description he
Who knows, The Saviour died for me,
The gift unspeakable obtains,
And heavenly understanding gains.
Wisdom divine! Who tells the price
Of wisdom's costly merchandise
Wisdom to silver we prefer,
And gold is dross compared to her.
Her hands are filled with length of days,
True riches, and immortal praise,
Riches of Christ, on all bestowed,
And honour that descends from God.
To purest joys she all invites,
Chaste, holy, spiritual delights;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her flowery paths are peace.
Happy the man who wisdom gains,
Thrice happy who his guest retains!
He owns, and shall for ever own,
Wisdom, and Christ, and heaven are one.
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXEE FFXX GGAX DDXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 10011101 01011101 01010101 01110111 10010101 1101111 01010001 01000101 10011101 111010 10110101 01110110 01111111 11000101 10111101 0110111 11011101 110100001 011111 010100111 10011101 11011101 11011101 100101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 810 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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