Analysis of In Thankful Remembrance for My Dear Husband's Safe Arrival Sept 3, 1662
Anne Bradstreet 1612 (Northampton) – 1672 (Andover)
What shall I render to Thy name
Or how Thy praises speak?
My thanks how shall I testify?
O Lord, Thou know'st I'm weak.
I owe so much, so little can
Return unto Thy name,
Confusion seizes on my soul,
And I am filled with shame.
O Thou that hearest prayers, Lord,
To Thee shall come all flesh
Thou hast me heard and answered,
My plaints have had access.
What did I ask for but Thou gav'st?
What could I more desire?
But thankfulness even all my days
I humbly this require.
Thy mercies, Lord, have been so great
In number numberless,
Impossible for to recount
Or any way express.
O help Thy saints that sought Thy face
T' return unto Thee praise
And walk before Thee as they ought,
In strict and upright ways.
Scheme | ABXB XAXA CXXD CEFE XDXD XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 11110111 111101 1111110 1111111 11111101 011011 01010111 011111 111111 111111 1111010 11111 11111111 1111010 1110111 110110 11011111 0101 01001101 110101 11111111 1011011 01011111 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 794 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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