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
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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Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Methodist founder John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley the Younger. more…

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