Analysis of Luther's Angel-Song

John Bowring 1792 (Exeter) – 1872 (Claremont, Devon)



Sing! sing! ye ransomed mortals, sing!
We come from heaven-from heaven, and bring
Glad tidings of great joy to earth;
We come from heaven, commissioned there
Glad tidings of great joy to bear,
Announcing your Redeemer's birth.

Yes! your Redeemer is at hand;
Echo the tidings through the land;
Your Saviour comes-he comes-the reign
Of peace and glory is begun:
He comes, the Son of peace, the Son
Of God, his advent shout again.

Shout! shout! thou earth!-thou heaven repeat
The notes of joy in transports meet,
For earth and heaven are one-are one;
The Lord of glory bows Him down,
And He who wears the heavenly crown
Descends to rule on earth alone.


Scheme AABCCB DDXEEX FFEGGX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 1111011001 11011111 111100101 11011111 010111 111111 10010101 1111101 11010101 11011101 1111101 111111001 01110011 110101111 01110111 011101001 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 640
Words 117
Sentences 11
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 169
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Bowring

Sir John Bowring (Chinese translated name: 寶寧, 寶靈 (for Mandarin speakers) or 包令 (for Cantonese)) (Thai: พระยาสยามมานุกูลกิจ สยามมิตรมหายศ) (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was an English political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong.  more…

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