Analysis of Hymn 12
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Free grace in revealing Christ.
Jesus, the man of constant grief,
A mourner all his days;
His spirit once rejoiced aloud,
And tuned his joy to praise:
"Father, I thank thy wondrous love,
That hath revealed thy Son
To men unlearned, and to babes
Has made thy gospel known.
"The mysteries of redeeming grace
Are hidden from the wise,
While pride and carnal reasonings join
To swell and blind their eyes."
Thus doth the Lord of heav'n and earth
His great decrees fulfil,
And orders all his works of grace
By his own sovereign will.
Scheme | X XAXA XXXX BCXC XDBD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100101 10011101 010111 11010101 011111 10111101 110111 111011 111101 010010101 110101 1101011 110111 11011101 11011 01011111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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