Analysis of Awake!



All my ways are before thee. Psalm 119:168.

Awake, O soul, awake!
Enter thy cell of thought,
And there in calmness meditate
On what God's word has taught.

There's nought within thy scope,
No influence thou hast sown,
No gloomy doubt, no joyful hope,
But unto him are known.

Awake! but grovel not
In ashes of despair,
Christ's precious blood can cleanse each spot;
Cast on him every care.

Before him are thy ways,
But in his mercy free
He further yet his love displays,
And intercedes for thee.

Awake to holy fear
And praise thy God on high;
Be it thy joy to praise him here
And praise him in the sky.


Scheme X XAXA BCBC DEDE FGFG XHXH
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111 011101 101111 0101010 111111 110111 1100111 11011101 110111 011101 010101 11011111 1111001 011111 101101 11011101 0111 011101 011111 11111111 011001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 598
Words 120
Sentences 9
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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