Analysis of Procemion



IN His blest name, who was His own creation,
Who from all time makes making his vocation;
The name of Him who makes our faith so bright,
Love, confidence, activity, and might;
In that One's name, who, named though oft He be,
Unknown is ever in Reality:
As far as ear can reach, or eyesight dim,
Thou findest but the known resembling Him;
How high so'er thy fiery spirit hovers,
Its simile and type it straight discovers
Onward thou'rt drawn, with feelings light and gay,
Where'er thou goest, smiling is the way;
No more thou numbrest, reckonest no time,
Each step is infinite, each step sublime.

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WHAT God would outwardly alone control,
And on his finger whirl the mighty Whole?
He loves the inner world to move, to view
Nature in Him, Himself in Nature too,
So that what in Him works, and is, and lives,
The measure of His strength, His spirit gives.

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WITHIN us all a universe doth dwell;
And hence each people's usage laudable,
That ev'ry one the Best that meets his eyes
As God, yea e'en his God, doth recognise;
To Him both earth and heaven surrenders he,
Fears Him, and loves Him too, if that may be.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGG HHIIJJ XXXECC
Poetic Form
Metre 01111111010 11111101010 01111110111 1100010001 0111111111 01110010 111111111 1110101001 111011001010 110111010 1011110101 101110101 1111111 1111001101 1 1111000101 0111010101 1101011111 1001010101 1110110101 0101111101 1 011101011 0111010100 111011111 111111111 11110100101 1101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,096
Words 206
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 14, 7, 7
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 284
Words per stanza (avg) 68
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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