Analysis of Love-Tokens
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
Afflictions do not come alone,
A voice attends the rod;
By both he to his saints is known,
A Father and a God!
Let not my children slight the stroke
I for chastisement send;
Nor faint beneath my kind rebuke,
For still I am their friend.
The wicked I perhaps may leave
Awhile, and not reprove;
But all the children I receive
I scourge, because I love.
If therefore you were left without
This needful discipline;
You might, with cause, admit a doubt,
If you, indeed, were mine.
Shall earthly parents then expect
Their children to submit?
And wilt not you, when I correct,
Be humbled at my feet?
To please themselves they oft chastise,
And put their sons to pain;
But you are precious in my eyes,
And shall not smart in vain.
I see your hearts, at present, filled
With grief, and deep distress;
But soon these bitter seeds shall yield
The fruits of righteousness.
Break through the clouds, dear Lord, and shine!
Let us perceive thee nigh!
And to each mourning child of thine
These gracious words apply.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DDDX EXEF GXGX HIHI XXXX FJFJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 01011101 010101 11111111 010001 11110101 1111 11011101 111111 01010111 01011 11010101 110111 1110101 110100 11110101 110101 11010101 110101 01111101 110111 11011101 011111 11110011 011101 11111101 110101 11110111 011100 11011101 110111 01110111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 983 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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