Analysis of The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare
Joseph Addison 1672 (Milston) – 1719 (Holland House, London)
The Lord my pasture shall prepare
And feed me with a shepherd’s care;
His presence shall my wants supply
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noonday walks He shall attend
And all my midnight hours defend.
When in the sultry glebe I faint
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales and dewy meads
My weary, wandering steps He leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.
Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For Thou, O Lord, art with me still;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid
And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Though in a bare and rugged way,
Through devious lonely wilds, I stray,
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile;
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crowned,
And streams shall murmur all around.
Scheme | AABBCC XXDDEE XCFFGG HHIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 01110101 11011101 01110101 1111101 01111001 10010111 11010101 11010101 110100111 11010101 0101011 10011111 110101 1111111 11111111 11011111 01110101 10010101 110010111 11011101 01010011 1101011 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 839 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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