Analysis of Deathless Principle! Arise
Augustus Montague Toplady 1740 (Farnham, Surrey) – 1778
Deathless principle! arise;
Soar, thou native of the skies;
Pearl of price, by Jesus bought,
To His glorious likeness wrought,
Go, to shine before His throne;
Deck His mediatorial crown;
Go, His triumphs to adorn;
Made for God, to God return.
Lo! He beckons from on high,
Fearless to His presence fly;
Thine the merit of His blood,
Thine the righteousness of God.
Angels joyful to attend,
Hovering round thy pillow bend;
Wait to catch the signal given,
And escort thee quick to heaven.
Shudder not to pass the stream;
Venture all thy care on Him;-
Him whose dying love and power
Stilled its tossing, hushed its roar:
Safe is the expanded wave;
Gentle as a summer's eve:
Not one object of His care
Ever suffered shipwreck there.
See the haven full in view;
Love divine shall bear thee through.
Trust to that propitious gale;
Weigh thy anchor, spread thy sail.
Saints in glory, perfect made,
Wait thy passage through the shade;
Ardent for thy coming o'er,
See! they throng the blissful shore.
Mount, their transports to improve;
Join the longing choir above;
Swiftly to their wish be given;
Kindle higher joy in heaven.-
Such the prospects that arise
To the dying Christian's eyes;
Such the glorious vista, Faith
Opens through the shades of death.
Scheme | AAXXXXXX BBXXCCDD XXEFXXGG HHIIJJEF XXDDAAXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 110001 1110101 1111101 11100101 1110111 1111 1110101 1111101 1110111 1011101 1010111 1010011 1010101 10011101 11101010 00111110 1011101 1011111 11101010 1110111 1100101 1010101 1110111 1010101 1010101 1011111 1110101 1110111 1010011 1110101 10111010 1110101 1101101 10101001 10111110 10101010 1010101 101011 10100101 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,216 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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