Analysis of O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee
Washington Gladden 1836 ( Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, ) – 1918 ( Columbus, Ohio, )
O Master, let me walk with thee
In lowly paths of service free;
Tell me thy secret; help me bear
The strain of toil, the fret of care;
Help me the slow of heart to move
By some clear winning word of love;
Teach me the wayward feet to stay,
And guide them in the homeward way.
O Master, let me walk with thee
Before the taunting Pharisee;
Help me to bear the sting of spite,
The hate of men who hide thy light,
The sore distrust of souls sincere
Who cannot read thy judgments clear,
The dulness of the multitude
Who dimly guess that thou art good.
Teach me thy patience; still with thee
In closer, dearer company,
In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,
In trust that triumphs over wrong,
In hope that sends a shining ray
Far down the future's broadening way,
In peace that only thou canst give,
With thee, O Master, let me live!
Scheme | Aabbxxcc Axddeexx aaffccxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 01011101 11110111 01110111 11011111 11110111 11010111 01100101 11011111 010101 11110111 01111111 01011101 11011101 011010 11011111 11110111 01010100 01111101 01110101 01110101 110101001 01110111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 216 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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