Analysis of The Spirit Of Prayer
John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)
Wouldst thou have that good, that blessed mind,
That is so much to heavenly things inclin'd
That it aloft will soar, and always be
Contemplating on blest eternity.
That mind that never thinks itself at rest,
But when it knows it is for ever blest;
That mind that can be here no more content,
Than he that in the prison doth lament;
That blessed mind that counts itself then free
When it can at the throne with Jesus be,
There to behold the mansions he prepares
For such as be with him and his co-heirs.
This mind is in the covenant of grace,
And shall be theirs that truly seek his face.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD BB EE FF |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 11111111 11111100101 110111011 100110100 1111010111 1111111101 1111111110 1110010101 111110111 1111011101 1101010101 1111110111 1110010011 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 582 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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