Analysis of Bed-Rock

William Arthur Dunkerley 1852 (Manchester) – 1941 (Worthing)



I have been tried,
Tried in the fire,
And I say this,
As the result of dire distress,
And tribulation sore--
That a man's happiness doth not consist
Of that he hath, but of the faith
And trust in God's great love
These bring him to.
Nought else is worth consideration.
For the peace a man may find
In perfect trust in God
Outweighs all else, and is
The only possible foundation
For true happiness.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMJN
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111 10010 0111 10011101 00101 1011001101 11111101 010111 1111 11110010 1010111 001101 11101 010100010 11100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 383
Words 75
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 310
Words per stanza (avg) 75
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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