Analysis of Hymn XVIII: Father, Saviour of Mankind
John Wesley 1703 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1791 (London)
Father, Saviour of mankind,
Who hast on me bestowed
An immortal soul, designed
To be the house of God;
Come, and now reside in me,
Never, never to remove;
Make me just and good, like thee,
And full of power and love.
Bid me in thy image rise,
A saint, a creature new,
True, and merciful, and wise,
And pure, and happy too.
This thy primitive design,
That I should in thee be blest,
Should within the arms divine
For ever, ever rest.
Let thy will on me be done;
Fulfil my heart's desire,
Thee to know and love alone,
And rise in raptures higher;
Thee, descending on a cloud,
When with ravished eyes I see,
Then I shall be filled with God
To all eternity!
Scheme | AXABCXCX DEDEFGFG XHXHXCBC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 111101 1010101 110111 1010101 1010101 1110111 0111001 1101101 010101 1010001 010101 1110001 1110111 1010101 110101 1111111 111010 1110101 010110 1010101 111111 1111111 110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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