Analysis of Welcome Cross
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
'Tis my happiness below
Not to live without the cross,
But the Saviour's power to know,
Sanctifying every loss;
Trials must and will befall;
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all,
This is happiness to me.
God in Israel sows the seeds
Of affliction, pain, and toil;
These spring up and choke the weeds
Which would else o'erspread the soil:
Trials make the promise sweet,
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to His feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.
Did I meet no trials here,
No chastisement by the way,
Might I not with reason fear
I should prove a castaway?
Bastards may escape the rod,
Sunk in earthly vain delight;
But the true-born child of God
Must not -- would not, if he might.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH XIXIJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110001 1110101 1011011 11001 1010101 1110111 1010111 1110011 10100101 1010101 1110101 111101 1010101 1011111 1011111 1110111 1111101 11101 1111101 111010 1010101 1010101 1011111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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