Analysis of Off to Church

Royston 1946 (Reading)



Go with a desire to hear from God's word
to lift up your voice and to praise the Lord.
Join with the congregation and to sing
and to the Lord your God your worship bring.

'Come to me,’ you hear the Lord your God say
as off to the church you then make your way,
and into God's holy presence you go
and with tears of joy let your praises flow.

Sweet communion with Jesus takes place
as you both meet together face to face.
For there can be no greater love than this:
knowing that He is yours and you are His.

'It is with great desire,’ Jesus had said,
“To drink wine with you and to break this bread.”
And communing there in fellowship sweet
in His banqueting house you take your seat.


Scheme XXAA BBCC DDXX EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 11001011111 1111101101 110010011 0101111101 1111101111 1110111111 0011101011 0111111101 101011011 1111010111 1111110111 1011110111 11110101011 1111101111 001010101 01111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 710
Words 157
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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