Analysis of Hymn XV: Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined
John Wesley 1703 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1791 (London)
Happy the souls to Jesus joined,
And saved by grace alone,
Walking in all his ways they find
Their heaven on earth begun.
The church triumphant in thy love,
Their mighty joys we know;
They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymns below.
Thee in thy glorious realm they praise,
And bow before thy throne,
We in the kingdom of thy grace:
The kingdoms are but one.
The holy to the holiest leads,
From thence our spirits rise,
And he that in thy statutes treads
Shall meet thee in the skies.
| Scheme | XAXB CDCD XAXB XEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10011101 011101 10011111 1101101 01010011 110111 11010101 010101 101100111 010111 10010111 010111 010101001 1110101 01101101 111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 488 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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