Analysis of Nothing But the Blood
Robert Wadsworth Lowry 1826 (Philadelphia) – 1899 (Plainfield)
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon this I see -
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
For my cleansing, this my plea -
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing can for sin atone -
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Naught of good that I have done -
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my hope and peace -
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
This is all my righteousness -
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
| Scheme | xAxA bAbA xAxA xAaA cccA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 1110111 10101110 1111101 10101110 1110111 10101110 1110111 10101110 1011101 10101110 1111111 10101110 1111101 10101110 1111100 10101110 110101 111111 110111 10101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 603 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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