Analysis of A hymn for Him
Joseph Ippolito 1963 (Edinburgh)
Where angels come but few dare go
Jesu' bore the mighty blow
But grace did clothe the blessed child
Given to love, teach, meek and mild
Crown of tempest and the wild
Temptation could not Jesu' beguile
Yet wound and pierce and a straw bed
Could not defeat the king who bled
Tho' spite of thorns and cross of pain
Jesu' rose to life again
Replaced with the crown of gold
Where in heaven e'er naught grows old
Why God would his only son
Send to earth 'neath waning sun
When in heaven His light is one
Where its brightest day's ne'er done
Love for us his reason why
Jesu' chose that he should die
What sacrifice for you and me
Redeemed so unconditionally
JM Ippolito. 5/4/2021 8.51am
| Scheme | AABB BXCC XXDD EEEE FFGG X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 110101 1111011 10111101 1110001 01011101 11010011 11010111 11110111 111101 110111 101010111 1111101 1111101 10101111 1110111 1111101 111111 1101101 01101000 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 661 |
| Words | 129 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted by Rustybuckets on April 05, 2021
Modified by Rustybuckets on April 06, 2021
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