Analysis of Morning Hymn
Charles Wesley 1707 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1788 (London)
Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night:
Day-spring from on high, be near:
Day-star, in my heart appear.
Dark and cheerless is the morn
Unaccompanied by thee,
Joyless is the day's return,
Till thy mercy's beams I see;
Till thy inward light impart,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
Visit then this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin, and grief,
Fill me, Radiancy Divine,
Scatter all my unbelief,
More and more thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.
Scheme | ABABCC XDXDEE FGFGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1010101 1110001 10100111 1111111 1101101 101101 010011 110101 111111 1110101 1110111 1011111 1011101 11101 10111 101101 1010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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