Analysis of The Woman Of Samaria
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
Jesus, to what didst thou submit
To save thy dear-bought flock from hell!
Like a pour trav'ller see him sit,
Athirst, and weary, by the well.
The woman who for water came,
What great events on small depend
Then learnt the glory of his name,
The Well of life, the sinner's Friend!
Taught from her birth to hate the Jews,
And filled with party-pride; at first
Her zeal induced her to refuse
Water, to quench the Saviour's thirst.
But soon she knew the gift of God,
And Jesus, whom she scorned before,
Unasked, that drink on her bestowed,
Which whoso tastes shall thirst no more.
His words her prejudice removed,
Her sin she felt, relief she found;
She saw and heard, believed and loved,
And ran to tell her neighbors round.
O come, this wondrous man behold!
The promised Saviour! this is he,
Whom ancient prophecies foretold,
Born, from our guilt to set us free.
Like her, in ignorance content,
I worshipped long I knew not what;
Like her, on other things intent,
I found him, when I sought him not.
He told me all that e'er I did,
And told me all was pardoned too;
And now, like her, as he has bid,
I live to point him out to you.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG XHXH IJIJ KXKX LMLM |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (88%) |
Metre | 10111101 11111111 1011111 1010101 01011101 11011101 11010111 0111011 11011101 01110111 01010101 1011011 11110111 01011101 1111001 1111111 11010001 01110111 11010101 01110101 11110101 0101111 11010001 111011111 10010010 11011111 10110101 11111111 111111011 01111101 01101111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,113 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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