Analysis of Hymn 32

Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)



Strength from heaven.

Whence do our mournful thoughts arise?
And where's our courage fled?
Have restless sin and raging hell
Struck all our comforts dead?

Have we forgot th' almighty name
That formed the earth and sea?
And can an all-creating arm
Grow weary or decay?

Treasures of everlasting might
In our Jehovah dwell;
He gives the conquest to the weak
And treads their foes to hell.

Mere mortal power shall fade and die,
And youthful vigor cease:
But we that wait upon the Lord
Shall feel our strength increase.

The saints shall mount on eagles' wings,
And taste the promised bliss,
Till their unwearied feet arrive
Where perfect pleasure is.


Scheme X XABA XXXX XBXB XCXC XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 111010101 0110101 11010101 1110101 1101110101 110101 01110101 110101 1010101 0100101 11010101 011111 110101101 010101 11110101 1110101 01111101 010101 111101 101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 648
Words 116
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was an English Christian minister (Congregational), hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. He is recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. more…

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