Analysis of Servants of God, in Joyful Lays
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
Servants of God, in joyful lays,
Sing ye the Lord Jehovah’s praise;
His glorious Name let all adore,
From age to age, forevermore.
Blest be that Name, supremely blest,
From the sun’s rising to its rest;
Above the heav’ns His pow’r is known,
Through all the earth His goodness shown.
Who is like God? so great, so high,
He bows Himself to view the sky;
And yet, with condescending grace,
Looks down upon the human race.
He hears the uncomplaining moan
Of those who sit and weep alone;
He lifts the mourner from the dust;
In Him the poor may safely trust.
O then, aloud, in joyful lays,
Sing to the Lord Jehovah’s praise;
His saving Name let all adore,
From age to age, forevermore.
Scheme | aabB ccdd eeff ddgg aabB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10110101 110111 110011101 11111 111101001 10110111 01011111 11011101 11111111 11011101 0110101 11010101 11011 11110101 11010101 01011101 11010101 110111 11011101 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 679 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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