Analysis of Bread
Jones Very 1813 (Salem) – 1880
Long do we live upon the husks of corn,
While 'neath untasted lie the kernels still,
Heirs of the kingdom, but in Christ unborn,
Fain with swine's food would we our hunger fill;
We eat, but 'tis not of the bread from heaven;
We drink, but 'tis not from the stream of life;
Our swelling actions want the little leaven
To make them with the sighed-for blessing rife;
We wait unhappy on a stranger's board,
While we the master's friend by right should live,
Enjoy with him the fruits our labors stored,
And to the poor with him the pittance give;
No more to want, the long expected heir
With Christ the Father's love forevermore to share.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 11110101 1101010111 11111110101 11111101110 1111110111 101010101010 1111011101 1101010101 1101011111 01110110101 0101110101 1111010101 110101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 495 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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