Analysis of Olney Hymn 25: Jehovah Jesus
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
My song shall bless the Lord of all,
My praise shall climb to His abode;
Thee, Saviour, by that name I call,
The great Supreme, the mighty God.
Without beginning or decline,
Object of faith and not of sense;
Eternal ages saw Him shine,
He shines eternal ages hence.
As much when in the manger laid,
Almighty Ruler of the sky,
As when the six days' work He made,
Fill'd all the morning stars with joy.
Of all the crowns Jehovah bears,
Salvation is His dearest claim;
That gracious sound well pleased He hears
And owns Emmanuel for His name.
A cheerful confidence I feel,
My well placed hopes with joy I see;
My bosom glows with heavenly zeal,
To worship Him who died for me.
As man He pities my complaint,
His power and truth are all divine;
He will not fail, He cannot faint;
Salvation's sure, and must be mine.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DXDX XEXE FGFG HBHB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11110111 11111101 1111111 01010101 01010101 10110111 01010111 11010101 11100101 01010101 11011111 11010111 11010101 01011101 11011111 010100111 01010011 11111111 110111001 11011111 1111101 110011101 11111101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 819 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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