Analysis of Olney Hymn 2: Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord Will Provide
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
The saints should never be dismay'd,
Nor sink in hopeless fear;
For when they least expect His aid,
The Saviour will appear.
This Abraham found: he raised the knife;
God saw, and said, 'Forbear!
Yon ram shall yield his meaner life;
Behold the victim there.'
Once David seem'd Saul's certain prey;
But hark! the foe's at hand;
Saul turns his arms another way,
To save the invaded land.
When Jonah sunk beneath the wave,
He thought to rise no more;
But God prepared a fish to save,
And bear him to the shore.
Blest proofs of power and grace divine,
That meet us in His word!
May every deep-felt care of mine
Be trusted with the Lord.
Wait for His seasonable aid,
And though it tarry, wait:
The promise may be long delay'd,
But cannot come too late.
Scheme | ABAB CBCX DEDE FGFG HXHX AIAI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 01110101 110101 11110111 01101 11011101 11011 11111101 010101 11011101 110111 11110101 1100101 11010101 111111 11010111 011101 111100101 111011 110011111 110101 11110001 011101 01011101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 754 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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