Analysis of Hymn
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
Accept this building, gracious Lord,
No temple though it be;
We raised it for our suffering kin,
And so, Good Lord, for Thee.
Accept our little gift, and give
To all who here may dwell,
The will and power to do their work,
Or bear their sorrows well.
From Thee all skill and science flow;
All pity, care, and love,
All calm and courage, faith and hope,
Oh! pour them from above.
And part them, Lord, to each and all,
As each and all shall need,
To rise like incense, each to Thee,
In noble thought and deed.
And hasten, Lord, that perfect day,
When pain and death shall cease;
And Thy just rule shall fill the earth
With health, and light, and peace.
When ever blue the sky shall gleam,
And ever green the sod;
And man's rude work deface no more
The Paradise of God.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDAD XEXE XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01110101 110111 1111101001 011111 011010101 111111 010101111 111101 11110101 110101 11010101 111101 01111101 110111 11101111 010101 01011011 110111 01111101 110101 11010111 010101 01110111 01011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 766 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 9 |
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) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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