Analysis of Hymn Sung At An Anniversary Of The Asylum Of Orphans At Charleston
Henry Timrod 1828 (Charleston) – 1867 (Columbia)
We scarce, O God! could lisp thy name,
When those who loved us passed away,
And left us but thy love to claim,
With but an infant's strength to pray.
Thou gav'st that Refuge and that Shrine,
At which we learn to know thy ways;
Father! the fatherless are thine!
Thou wilt not spurn the orphan's praise.
Yet hear a single cry of pain!
Lord! whilst we dream in quiet beds,
The summer sun and winter rain
Beat still on many homeless heads.
And o'er this weary earth, we know,
Young outcasts roam the waste and wave;
And little hands are clasped in woe
Above some tender mother's grave.
Ye winds! keep every storm aloof,
And kiss away the tears they weep!
Ye skies, that make their only roof,
Look gently on their houseless sleep!
And thou, O Friend and Father! find
A home to shield their helpless youth!
Dear hearts to love -- sweet ties to bind --
And guide and guard them in the truth!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
Metre | 11111111 11111101 01111111 11110111 11110011 11111111 10010011 1111011 11010111 11110101 01010101 11110101 010110111 1110101 01011101 01110101 111100101 01010111 11111101 1101111 01110101 01111101 11111111 01011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 869 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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