Analysis of Hymn XII: Come, Ye That Love the Lord
Charles Wesley 1707 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1788 (London)
Come, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
While ye surround his throne:
Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But servants of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.
The God that rules on high,
That all the earth surveys
That rides upon the stormy sky,
And calms the roaring seas-
This awful God is ours,
Our Father and our love;
He will send down his heavenly powers,
To carry us above.
There we shall see his face,
And never, never sin;
There, from the rivers of his grace,
Drink endless pleasures in:
Yea, and before we rise
To that immortal state,
The thoughts of such amazing bliss
Should constant joys create.
The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;
Celestial fruit on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow:
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We are marching through Immanuel's grounds
To fairer worlds on high.
Scheme | ABABCXCX DXDXEFEF GHGHXIXI JKJKJDXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 011111 10011101 110111 110111 1101101 110101001 111101 011111 110101 11010101 010101 1101110 10100101 1111110010 110101 111111 010101 11010111 110100 100111 110101 01110101 110101 011111 100101 01011101 110111 1110101 0100111 1110111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 892 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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