Analysis of We Sing to Thee, Thou Son of God
Augustus Montague Toplady 1740 (Farnham, Surrey) – 1778
We sing to Thee, Thou Son of God,
Fountain of life and grace;
We praise Thee, Son of Man, whose blood
Redeemed our fallen race.
Thee we acknowledge God and Lord,
The Lamb for sinners slain;
Who art by heaven and earth adored,
Worthy o'er both to reign.
To Thee all angels cry aloud,
Through heaven's extended coasts: -
Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord
Of glory and of hosts.
The cherubim and seraphim
Incessant sing to Thee;
The worlds and all the powers therein
Adore Thy majesty.
The prophets' goodly fellowship,
In radiant garments dressed,
Praise Thee, Thou Son of God, and reap
The fulness of Thy rest.
The apostles' glorious company
Thy righteous praise proclaim:
The martyred army glorify
Thine everlasting name.
Through all the world, Thy churches join
To call on Thee their Head,
Brightness of majesty Divine,
Who every power hast made.
Among their number, Lord, we love
To sing Thy precious blood.
Reign here, and in the worlds above,
Thou Holy Lamb of God!
Scheme | ABCB DEDE XFDF GHXH XIXI HGXG XXXX JCJA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11111111 101101 11111111 0110101 11010101 011101 111100101 1010111 11110101 1100101 11010101 110011 0101 010111 010101001 011100 0101010 0100101 11111101 01111 0010100100 110101 0101010 10101 11011101 111111 10110001 11001011 01110111 111101 11000101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 941 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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