Analysis of O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Charles Wesley 1707 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1788 (London)
O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace!
My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honours of thy name.
Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
'Tis music in the sinner's ears,
'Tis life, and health, and peace.
He breaks the power of cancelled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.
He speaks, and, listening to his voice,
New life the dead receive,
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.
Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Saviour come,
And leap, ye lame, for joy.
Look unto him, ye nations, own
Your God, ye fallen race;
Look, and be saved through faith alone,
Be justified by grace.
See all your sins on Jesus laid:
The Lamb of God was slain,
His soul was once an offering made
For every soul of man.
Awake from guilty nature's sleep,
And Christ shall give you light,
Cast all your sins into the deep,
And wash the Æthiop white.
With me, your chief, ye then shall know,
Shall feel your sins forgiven;
Anticipate your heaven below,
And own that love is heaven.
Scheme | AXAB XCXC DEDE XFXF GHGH IJIJ KBKB LXLX MNMN OPOP |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (28%) |
Metre | 11010111 1111 01011101 010111 11010011 011101 11110101 01111 100111101 1110101 1100011 110101 110101101 1101001 1111011 110111 110100111 110101 01010101 010101 11111111 110101 1101111 011111 11011101 111101 10111101 11011 11111101 011111 111111001 1100111 01110101 011111 11110101 01011 11111111 1111010 01011001 0111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,231 |
Words | 233 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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