Analysis of Sardis
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
(Revelations, iii. 1-6)
"Write to Sardis," saith the Lord,
"And write what He declares,
He whose Spirit, and whose word,
Upholds the seven stars:
All thy works and ways I search,
Find thy zeal and love decay'd;
Thou art call'd a living church,
But thou art cold and dead.
"Watch, remember, seek, and strive,
Exert thy former pains;
Let thy timely care revive,
And strengthen what remains;
Cleanse thine heart, thy works amend,
Former times to mind recall,
Lest my sudden stroke descend,
And smite thee once for all.
"Yet I number now in thee
A few that are upright;
These my Father's face shall see,
And walk with me in white.
When in judgment I appear,
They for mine shall be confess'd;
Let my faithful servants hear, --
And woe be to the rest!"
Scheme | X XXXXAXAX BCBCDEDE FGFGXHXH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 111101 011101 1110011 010101 1110111 1110101 1110101 111101 1010101 011101 1110101 010101 1111101 101111 1110101 011111 1110101 011101 1110111 011101 1010101 1111101 1110101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 754 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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