Analysis of Low in the Grave He Lay

Robert Wadsworth Lowry 1826 (Philadelphia) – 1899 (Plainfield)



Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior,
Waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord!
Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph over His foes,
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!

Vainly they watch His bed, Jesus my Savior;
Vainly they seal the dead, Jesus my Lord!

Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph over His foes,
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!

Death cannot keep its Prey, Jesus my Savior;
He tore the bars away, Jesus my Lord!

Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph over His foes,
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!


Scheme abCCDDCC ab CCDDc ab CCDDCC
Poetic Form
Metre 10011110110 1001011011 1101101 1010101011 10101010101 01101011111 101101 010101 10111110110 1011011011 1101101 1010101011 10101010101 01101011111 101101010101 11011110110 1101011011 1101101 1010101011 10101010101 01101011111 101101 010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 836
Words 161
Sentences 19
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 2, 5, 2, 6
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Wadsworth Lowry

Robert Lowry was an American preacher who became a popular writer of gospel music in the mid- to late-19th century. more…

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