Analysis of Upon My Dear and Loving Husband his Going into England Jan. 16, 1661
Anne Bradstreet 1612 (Northampton) – 1672 (Andover)
O thou Most High who rulest all
And hear'st the prayers of thine,
O hearken, Lord, unto my suit
And my petition sign.
Into Thy everlasting arms Of mercy
I commend Thy servant, Lord.
Keep and preserve My husband,
my dear friend.
At Thy command, O Lord, he went,
Nor nought could keep him back.
Then let Thy promise joy his heart,
O help and be not slack.
Uphold my heart in Thee, O God.
Thou art my strength and stay,
Thou see'st how weak and frail I am,
Hide not Thy face away.
I in obedience to Thy will
Thou knowest did submit.
It was my duty so to do;
O Lord, accept of it.
Unthankfulness for mercies past
Impute Thou not to me.
O Lord, Thou know'st my weak desire
Was to sing praise to Thee.
Lord, be Thou pilot to the ship
And send them prosperous gales.
In storms and sickness, Lord, preserve.
Thy goodness never fails.
Unto Thy work he hath in hand
Lord, grant Thou good success
And favour in their eyes to whom
He shall make his address.
Remember, Lord, Thy folk whom Thou
To wilderness hast brought;
Let not Thine own inheritance
Be sold away for nought.
But tokens of Thy favour give,
With joy send back my dear
That I and all Thy servants may
Rejoice with heavenly cheer.
Lord, let my eyes see once again
Him whom Thou gavest me
That we together may sing praise
Forever unto Thee.
And the remainder of our days
Shall consecrated be
With an engaged heart to sing
All praises unto Thee.
Scheme | XABA CXXX XDXD XEXE XFXF XCXC XGXG XHXH XXXB XIEI XCJC JCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (92%) |
Metre | 1111111 0110111 1111011 010101 0110101110 1011101 1001110 111 11011111 111111 11110111 110111 01110111 111101 111110111 111101 100100111 11101 11110111 110111 11101 011111 1111111010 111111 11110101 0111001 01010101 110101 10111101 111101 0101111 11111 01011111 110011 11110100 110111 1101111 111111 11011101 0111001 11111101 11111 11010111 010101 000101101 11001 1101111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,392 |
Words | 269 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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