Analysis of Dagon Before The Ark
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
When first to make my heart his own,
The Lord revealed his mighty grace;
Self reigned, like Dagon, on the throne,
But could not long maintain its place.
It fell, and owned the pow'r divine,
(Grace can with ease the vict'ry gain)
But soon this wretched heart of mine,
Contrived to set it up again.
Again the Lord his name proclaimed,
And brought the hateful idol low;
Then self, like Dagon, broken, maimed,
Seemed to receive a mortal blow.
Yet self is not of life bereft,
Nor ceases to oppose his will;
Though but a maimed stump be left,
'Tis Dagon, 'tis an idol still.
Lord! must I always guilty prove,
And idols in my heart have room?
Oh! let the, fire of heavenly love,
The very slump of self consume.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 11111111 01011101 11110101 11110111 110101101 1111011 11110111 01111101 01011101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11111101 11010111 1101111 11011101 1111101 01001111 1101011001 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 696 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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