Analysis of How precious are thy thoughts of peace
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
How precious are thy thoughts of peace,
O God! to me; how great their sum!
New every morn, they never cease;
They were, they are, and yet shall come,
In number and in compass more
Than ocean's sand, or ocean's shore.
How from thy presence should I go
Or whither from thy spirit flee,
Since all above, around, below,
Exists in thine immensity?
I feel thine all-controlling will,
And thy right hand upholds me still.
Search me, O God! and know my heart;
Try me; my secret soul survey;
And warn thy servant to depart
From every false and evil way:
So shall thy truth my guidance be
To life and immortality.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDFGG FHFHEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 11111111 110011101 10110111 01000101 11011101 11110111 11011101 11010101 01011 11110101 01110111 11110111 11110101 01110101 110010101 11111101 1100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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