Analysis of Pleading for and with Youth
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Sin has undone our wretched race;
But Jesus has restored,
And brought the sinner face to face
With his forgiving Lord.
This we repeat from year to year
And press upon our youth;
Lord, give them an attentive ear,
Lord, save them by Thy truth!
Blessings upon the rising race!
Make this a happy hour,
According to Thy richest grace,
And thine Almighty power.
We feel for your unhappy state
(May you regard it too),
And would a while ourselves forget
To pour our prayer for you.
We see, though you perceive it not,
The approaching awful doom;
Oh tremble at the solemn thought,
And flee the wrath to come!
Dear Saviour, let this new-born year
Spread an alarm abroad;
And cry in every careless ear,
"Prepare to meet thy God!"
Scheme | ABAB CDED AFAF XGXG XXXX CXEX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 110110101 110101 01010111 110101 11011111 0101101 11110101 111111 10010101 1101010 01011101 0101010 11110101 110111 010100101 1110111 11110111 0010101 11010101 010111 1111111 110101 010100101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 727 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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