Analysis of Ephesus
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
Thus saith the Lord to Ephesus,
And thus he speaks to some of us;
Amidst my churches, lo, I stand,
And hold the pastors in my hand.
Thy works, to me, are fully known,
Thy patience, and thy toil, I own;
Thy views of gospel truth are clear,
Nor canst thou other doctrine bear.
Yet I must blame while I approve,
Where is thy first, thy fervent love?
Dost thou forget my love to thee,
That thine is grown so faint to me?
Recall to mind the happy days
When thou wast filled with joy and praise;
Repent, thy former works renew,
Then I'll restore thy comforts too.
Return at once, when I reprove,
Lest I thy candlestick remove;
And thou, too late, thy loss lament;
I warn before I strike, Repent.
Hearken to what the Spirit saith,
To him that overcomes by faith;
The fruit of life's unfading tree,
In paradise his food shall be.
Scheme | AABB CCXX DXEE AAFF DDGG EXEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 110111 01111111 01110111 01010011 11111101 11001111 11110111 11110101 11111101 11111101 11011111 11111111 1110101 11111101 01110101 11011101 0111111 1111001 01111101 11011101 1110101 1111011 011111 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 811 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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