Analysis of On The Rising Of The Sun
John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)
Look, look, brave Sol doth peep up from beneath,
Shows us his golden face, doth on us breathe;
He also doth compass us round with glories,
Whilst he ascends up to his highest stories.
Where he his banner over us displays,
And gives us light to see our works and ways.
Nor are we now, as at the peep of light,
To question, is it day, or is it night?
The night is gone, the shadows fled away,
And we now most sure are that it is day.
Our eyes behold it, and our hearts believe it;
Nor can the wit of man in this deceive it.
And thus it is when Jesus shows his face,
And doth assure us of his love and grace.
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Metre | 1111111101 1111011111 11011011110 11011111010 1111010101 01111110101 1111110111 1101111111 011101101 0111111111 1010110101011 11011101011 0111110111 0101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 459 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 125 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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