Analysis of Life
Jones Very 1813 (Salem) – 1880
IT is not life upon Thy gifts to live,
But, to grow fixed with deeper roots in Thee;
And when the sun and shower their bounties give,
To send out thick-leaved limbs; a fruitful tree,
Whose green head meets the eye for many a mile,
Whose moss-grown arms their rigid branches rear,
And full-faced fruits their blushing welcome smile
As to its goodly shade our feet draw near;
Who tastes its gifts shall never hunger more,
For 'tis the Father spreads the pure repast,
Who, while we eat, renews the ready store,
Which at his bounteous board must ever last;
For none the bridegroom's supper shall attend,
Who will not hear and make his word their friend.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011111 1111110101 01010101101 1111110101 11110111001 1111110101 0111110101 11110110111 1111110101 110101011 1111010101 111111101 110110101 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 657 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 511 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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