Analysis of Let the Beasts Their Breath Resign
Charles Wesley 1707 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1788 (London)
Let the beasts their breath resign,
Strangers to the life divine;
Who their God can never know,
Let their spirit downward go.
You for higher ends were born,
You may all to God return,
Dwell with him above the sky;
Why will you for ever die?
You, on whom he favours showers,
You, possest of nobler powers,
You, of reason's powers possest,
You, with will and memory blest,
You, with finer sense endued,
Creatures capable of God;
Noblest of his creatures, why,
Why will you for ever die?
You, whom he ordained to be
Transcripts of the Deity;
You, whom he in life doth hold;
You, for whom himself was sold;
You, on whom he still doth wait,
Whom he would again create;
Made by him, and purchased, why,
Why will you for ever die?
You, who own his record true,
You, his chosen people, you,
You, who call the Saviour Lord,
You, who read his written word,
You, who see the gospel-light,
Claim a crown in Jesu's right;
Why will you, ye Christians, why
Will the house of Israel die?
Scheme | aabbxxcC ddeeeecC xeeeeecC ffeeeecc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 1010101 1111101 1110101 1110101 1111101 1110101 1111101 1111110 1111010 111101 11101001 1110101 1010011 1011101 1111101 1110111 110100 1110111 1110111 1111111 1110101 1110101 1111101 1111011 1110101 111011 1111101 1110101 101011 1111101 10111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 948 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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