Analysis of Hymn XXII: Behold the Saviour of Mankind
Charles Wesley 1707 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1788 (London)
Behold the Saviour of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that him inclined
To bleed and die for thee!
Hark, how he groans! while nature shakes,
And earth's strong pillars bend;
The temple's veil in sunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.
'Tis done! the precious ransom's paid,
'Receive my soul,' he cries!
See where he bows his sacred head!
He bows his head, and dies!
But soon he'll break death's envious chain,
And in full glory shine:
O Lamb of God! was ever pain,
Was ever love, like thine?
| Scheme | ABAB CXCA XDXD EFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0101111 110101 11011101 110111 11111101 011101 01010101 010101 11010101 011111 11111101 111101 111111001 001101 11111101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 509 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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