Analysis of Pentecost

James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854



Lord God, the Holy Ghost,
In this accepted hour,
As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all thy power.
We meet with one accord
Within this hallowed place,
And wait the promise of our Lord,
The Spirit of all grace.

Like mighty rushing wind
Upon the waves beneath,
Move with one impulse every mind;
One soul, one feeling breathe;
The young, the old inspire
With wisdom from above;
And give us hearts and tongues of fire,
To pray, and praise, and love.

Spirit of light, explore
And chase our gloom away,
With lustre shining more and more
Unto the perfect day.
Spirit of truth, be Thou,
In life and death, our guide:
O Spirit of adoption, now
May we be sanctified.


Scheme ABXBCDCD EXEXXFBF GHGHIXIA
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 0101010 1101110 0101110 111101 011101 010101101 010111 110101 010101 111101001 111101 010101 110101 011101110 110101 101101 0110101 11010101 100011 101111 0101101 11010101 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 646
Words 124
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 171
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Montgomery

The Very Reverend James Francis Montgomery was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century He studied for the bar before being ordained after a period of study at Durham University, and was a Curate at Puddletown before Edinburgh incumbencies. more…

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