Analysis of Lead Them to Thee
Robert Wadsworth Lowry 1826 (Philadelphia) – 1899 (Plainfield)
Lead them, my God, to Thee,
Lead them to Thee,
These children dear of mine,
Thou gavest me.
O, by Thy love divine,
Lead them, my God, to Thee,
Lead them, lead them,
Lead them to Thee.
When earth looks bright and fair,
Festive and gay,
Let no delusive snare,
Lure them away;
But from temptation’s power,
E’en for such little ones,
Christ came a child,
And through this world of sin,
Movèd undefiled;
O, for His sake, I pray,
Yea, though my faith be dim,
I would believe
That Thou this precious gift,
Wilt now receive;
O, take their young hearts now;
Scheme | AAbab AxA cdcdx xexed xfxfx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1111 110111 111 111101 111111 1111 1111 111101 1001 1111 1101 1101010 111101 1101 011111 111 111111 111111 1101 111101 1101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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