Analysis of Jesus, Lord Of Heaven Above



Jesus, Lord of Heaven above,
Earth beneath is all Thy own
In the depths of Heavenly love
Let my human heart be sown.

Let my love that as a grain
None on earth might care to see,
Buried in Thy grave remain,
Be a precious seed to Thee.

Thou wilt raise it, though it die,
Thou wilt see it hidden there —
Thou wilt guard it with Thine eye
From the spirits of the air.

None shall take it thence away;
It is sown for Thy delight:
Thou wilt shine on it by day, —
Thou wilt shield it in the night.

Where the silent waters flow,
It shall multiply its root;
It shall blossom, it shall grow,
It shall bear immortal fruit.

Sown in weakness, raised in power —
Sown in suffering, raised in peace —
It shall brave the blighting hour,
In the year of drought increase.

Never hurt by sun or storm,
Blest its every stage shall be;
Dying in its mortal form —
Living evermore in Thee.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MDMD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 10111001 1011111 00111001 1110111 1111101 1111111 1001101 1010111 1111111 1111101 1111111 1010101 1111101 1111101 1111111 1111001 1010101 111011 1110111 1110101 10101010 10100101 1110110 0011101 1011111 11100111 1001101 101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 854
Words 173
Sentences 8
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Anna Laetitia Waring

Anna Letitia Waring was a Welsh poet and hymn-writer. more…

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