Analysis of My Savior, on the Word of Truth
Anna Laetitia Waring 1823 (Neath) – 1910
My Savior, on the word of truth
In earnest hope I live;
I ask for all the precious things
Thy boundless love can give.
I look for many a lesser light
About my path to shine;
But chiefly long to walk with Thee,
And only trust in Thine.
In holy expectation held,
Thy strength my heart shall stay,
For Thy right hand will never let
My trust be cast away.
Yea, Thou hast kept me near Thy feet,
In many a deadly strife,
By the stronghold of hope in Thee,
The hope of endless life.
Thou knowest that I am not blest
As Thou wouldst have me be,
Till all the peace and joy of faith
Possess my soul in Thee
And still I seek ’mid many fears,
With yearnings unexpressed,
The comforts of Thy strengthening love,
Thy soothing, settling rest.
It is not as Thou wilt with me,
Till, humbled in the dust;
I know no place in all my heart
Wherein to put my trust.
Until I find, O Lord, in Thee,
The Lowly and the Meek,
That fullness which Thy own redeemed
Go nowhere else to seek.
Then, O my Savior, on my soul,
Cast down, but not dismayed,
Still be Thy chastening, healing hand
In tender, mercy laid.
And while I wait for all Thy joys,
My yearning heart to fill,
Teach me to walk and work with Thee,
And at Thy feet sit still.
Scheme | XXXXABCB XDXDXECE FCXCXAXF CGXGCHXH XIXIXJCJ |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 11010111 010111 11110101 110111 111100101 011111 11011111 010101 0100101 111111 11111101 111101 11111111 0100101 1011101 011101 1111111 111111 11010111 011101 01111101 1101 010111001 1101001 11111111 110001 11110111 011111 01111101 010001 11011101 11111 11110111 111101 1111101 010101 01111111 110111 11110111 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,178 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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