Analysis of Deliverance from Another Sore Fit

Anne Bradstreet 1612 (Northampton) – 1672 (Andover)



In my distress I sought the Lord
When naught on earth could comfort give,
And when my soul these things abhorred,
Then, Lord, Thou said'st unto me, "Live."

Thou knowest the sorrows that I felt;
My plaints and groans were heard of Thee,
And how in sweat I seemed to melt
Thou help'st and Thou regardest me.

My wasted flesh Thou didst restore,
My feeble loins didst gird with strength,
Yea, when I was most low and poor,
I said I shall praise Thee at length.

What shall I render to my God
For all His bounty showed to me?
Even for His mercies in His rod,
Where pity most of all I see.

My heart I wholly give to Thee;
O make it fruitful, faithful Lord.
My life shall dedicated be
To praise in thought, in deed, in word.

Thou know'st no life I did require
Longer than still Thy name to praise,
Nor ought on earth worthy desire,
In drawing out these wretched days.

Thy name and praise to celebrate,
O Lord, for aye is my request.
O grant I do it in this state,
And then with Thee, which is the best.


Scheme AXAX BCBC XDXD ECEC CACX FGFG HIHI
Poetic Form Quatrain  (71%)
Metre 01011101 11111101 01111101 111111011 11010111 11010111 01011111 1110111 11011101 11011111 11111101 11111111 11110111 11110111 101110011 11011111 11110111 11110101 11110001 11010101 111111110 10111111 111110010 01011101 1101110 11111101 11111011 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 996
Words 198
Sentences 11
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet was the first poet and first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. more…

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