Analysis of Lead, Kindly Light
John Henry Newman 1801 (London) – 1890 (Edgbaston)
Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,--
Lead thou me on!
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene,--one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou
Shouldst lead me on:
I loved to choose and see my path, but now
Lead thou me on!
I loved the garish days, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
So long thy power hath blessed me, sure it still
Will lead me on;
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone;
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Scheme | xAxAbb cacAdd eaexff |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101001001 1111 0111011111 1111 1111111111 0101110111 1111011111 1111 1111011111 1111 1101010111 1111010111 11110111111 1111 101011010101 0111 0101110101 1111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 636 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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