Analysis of Refining Fuller, Make Me Clean
Augustus Montague Toplady 1740 (Farnham, Surrey) – 1778
Refining Fuller, make me clean,
On me thy costly pearl bestow:
Thou art thyself the pearl I prize,
The only joy I seek below.
Disperse the clouds that damp my soul
And make my heart unfit for thee:
Cast me not off, but seal me now
Thine own peculiar property.
Look on the wounds of Christ for me,
My sentence graciously reprieve:
Extend thy peaceful sceptre, Lord,
And bid the dying traitor live.
Tho' I've transgress'd the rules prescrib'd
And dar'd the justice I adore,
Yet let thy smiling mercy say,
Depart in peace, and sin no more.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB BXXX XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 01010111 11110101 1110111 01011101 01011111 01110111 11111111 11010100 11011111 11010001 01110101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 01010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 529 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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