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 |
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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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