Analysis of When at Thy Footstool, Lord, I Bend
Henry Francis Lyte 1793 (Ednam) – 1847 (Nice)
When at Thy footstool, Lord, I bend,
And plead with Thee for mercy there,
Think of the sinner’s dying Friend,
And for His sake receive my prayer.
O think not of my shame and guilt,
My thousand stains of deepest dye;
Think of the blood which Jesus spilt,
And let that blood my pardon buy.
Think, Lord, how I am still Thine own,
The trembling creature of Thy hand;
Think how my heart to sin is prone,
And what temptations round me stand.
O think upon Thy holy Word,
And every plighted promise there;
How prayer should evermore be heard,
And how Thy glory is to spare.
O think not of my doubts and fears,
My strivings with Thy grace divine;
Think upon Jesus’ woes and tears,
And let His merits stand for mine.
Thine eyes, Thine ear, they are not dull;
Thine arm can never shortened be;
Behold me here; my heart is full;
Behold, and spare, and succor me.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB XHXH XIXI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111111 01111101 11010101 01110111 11111101 11011101 11011101 01111101 11111111 010010111 11111111 01010111 11011101 01001101 1111011 01110111 11111101 11011101 10110101 01110111 11111111 11110101 01111111 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 839 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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