Analysis of A ThankfulHeart
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
I give thanks unto the Lord,
With my whole heart and sing His praise;
Showing He is loved and adored,
In living throughout all these days.
For I bow down towards His temple,
Giving Him thanks unto His Name;
For steadfast love to His people,
His faithfulness that I proclaim.
He is magnified above all,
Through all things of His Name and Word;
He renders His aid when I call,
My cries for help He always heard.
The day I cry, He answers me,
My strength of soul He does increase;
He comes to satisfy my plea,
So that my anxieties cease.
All kings of the earth shall give thanks,
When they have heard His words spoken;
Sending decrees down through their ranks,
Of the future as foretoken.
They shall sing the ways of the Lord,
The glory of the Lord is great;
Some gentiles that have ignored,
Are about to seal their own fate.
Even though the Lord may be high,
He has respect for the lowly;
The haughty and proud know not why,
Being conceived as unholy.
Though I walk amid the trouble,
The Lord is preserving my life;
His hand pulls me from the rubble,
Comforts me through toils and strife.
His hand stretches to block the wrath,
That my enemies have set forth;
And through the straight and narrow path,
Guiding me on the righteous course.
The Lord fulfills His goals for me,
Through His mercy and steadfast love;
While giving insight to see,
Never to forsake the Lord thereof.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ AKAK LGLG CMCM NXNX GOGO X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111001 11110111 10111001 01001111 111101110 10111011 1111110 111101 1110011 11111101 11011111 1111111 01111101 11111101 1111011 11101001 11101111 11111110 10011111 101011 11101101 01010111 111101 10111111 10101111 11011010 01001111 10011010 11101010 01101011 11111010 1011101 11101101 11100111 01010101 10110101 01011111 1110011 110111 10101011 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,424 |
Words | 310 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Give Thanks to the LORD Psalm 138
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