Analysis of Hymn to Humility
William Hayley 1745 – 1820
Of all the Christian virtues chief
With modest charms, and mild relief,
Most apt to heal the wounds of pride, and spleen,
To thee, humility; I bend;
O let me feel, thou art my friend!
Rule thou my bosom, as its gentle queen!
'Tis thine benignly to repress
All proud conceit, all vain excess;
To give the chasten'd mind its proper tone;
To make it keep in sight
The worth of others with delight,
And never look too fondly on its own.
Teach me, with active zeal, to wake
At nature's sigh, for pity's sake,
When pride in dreams of apathy will nod!
Still guided by thy Christian breath,
Keep me, thro' scenes of life, and death,
To mortals kind, and dutiful to God.
Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 11010101 1111011101 11010011 11111111 1111011101 11010101 1101111 1101011101 111101 01110101 0101110111 11110111 1101111 1101110011 11011101 11111101 1101010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 650 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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