Analysis of Olney Hymn 26: On Opening A Place For Social Prayer
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Jesus! where'er Thy people meet,
There they behold Thy mercy seat;
Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found,
And every place is hallow'd ground.
For Thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind;
Such ever bring Thee where they come
And going, take Thee to their home.
Dear Shepherd of Thy chosen few!
Thy former mercies here renew;
Her to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of Thy saving name.
Here may we prove the power of prayer,
To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all Heaven before our eyes.
Behold, at Thy commanding word
We stretch the curtain and the cord;
Come Thou, and fill this wider space,
And bless us with a large increase.
Lord, we are few, but Thou art near:
Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear;
Oh rend the heavens, come quickly down,
And make a thousand hearts Thine own.
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE FFGG XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 10101101 11011101 10111111 010011101 11011101 10101 11011111 01011111 11011101 11010101 011010101 01011101 111101011 11010101 1110101011 0111001101 01110101 11010001 11011101 01110101 11111111 11111111 110101101 01010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 871 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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