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
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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Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet was the first poet and first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. more…

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