Analysis of Walking With God
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
By faith in Christ I walk with God,
With heav'n, my journeys'-end, in view;
Supported by his staff and rod,
My road is safe and pleasant too,
I travel through a desert wide
Where many round me blindly stray;
But He vouchsafes to be my guide,
And will not let me miss my way.
Though snares and dangers throng my path,
And earth and hell my course withstand;
I triumph over all by faith,
Guarded by his Almighty hand.
The wilderness affords no food,
But God for my support prepares;
Provides me every needful good,
And frees my soul from wants and cares.
With him sweet converse I maintain,
Great as he is I dare be free;
I tell him all my grief and pain,
And he reveals his love to me.
Some cordial from his word he brings,
Whene'er my feeble spirit faints;
At once my soul revives and sings,
And yields no more to sad complaints.
I pity all that worldlings talk
Of pleasures that will quickly end;
Be this my choice, O Lord, to walk
With thee, my Guide, my Guard, my Friend.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE XFXF GHGH IFIX JKJK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11011111 1111101 01011101 11110101 11010101 11011101 1111111 01111111 11010111 01011101 11010111 10110101 01000111 11110101 011100101 01111101 11110101 11111111 11111101 01011111 11011111 1110101 11110101 01111101 1101111 11011101 11111111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 961 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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