Analysis of Olney Hymn 49: True Pleasures
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Lord, my soul with pleasure springs
When Jesu's name I hear:
And when God the Spirit brings
The word of promise near:
Beauties too, in holiness,
Still delighted I perceive;
Nor have words that can express
The joys Thy precepts give.
Clothed in sanctity and grace,
How sweet it is to see
Those who love Thee as they pass,
Or when they wait on Thee.
Pleasant too to sit and tell
What we owe to love Divine;
Till our bosoms grateful swell,
And eyes begin to shine.
Those the comforts I possess,
Which God shall still increase,
All His ways are pleasantness,
And all His paths are peace.
Nothing Jesus did or spoke,
Henceforth let me ever slight;
For I love His easy yoke,
And find His burden light.
Scheme | AXAXXXBX XCXCDEDE BFAFGHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 11111 0110101 011101 1010100 1010101 1111101 01111 1010001 111111 1111111 111111 1011101 1111101 1101101 010111 1010101 111101 11111 011111 1010111 1111101 1111101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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