Analysis of 'Stablished
Joseph Horatio Chant 1837 (Stoke Underham, Somersetshire, ) – 1928 (England)
The well-built house with walls of brick, or stone,
May tremble some if struck by the cyclone;
The most established saint may trials feel,
As flint may turn the edge of finest steel.
Satanic hosts may rush in like a flood,
Allied with foes of our own flesh and blood,
The elements of earth and hell combine,
Yet tho' he trembles, stands in strength divine;
He rests secure on the unyielding rock.
The top may sway, but base feels not the shock;
His heart is fixed, nor earth nor hell can move;
They wrench not loose, but his allegiance prove.
Christ wept with Mary at her brother's grave;
Laid down His life a rebel world to save;
Tried, like ourselves, and like us too, infirm,
Yet knew no sin in either root or germ;
Let us be like Him while we sojourn here,
Then storms and earthquakes we need never fear.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111111111 1101111001 0101011101 1111011101 0101110101 01111101101 0100110110 111110101 1101100101 0111111101 1111111111 1111110101 1111010101 1111010111 11001011101 1111010111 1111111101 110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 791 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 629 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 151 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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