Analysis of Martha And Mary
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
Martha her love and joy expressed
By care to entertain her guest;
While Mary sat to hear her Lord,
And could not bear to lose a word.
The principle in both the same,
Produced in each a different aim;
The one to feast the Lord was led,
The other waited to be fed.
But Mary chose the better part,
Her Saviour's words refreshed her heart;
While busy Martha angry grew,
And lost her time and temper too.
With warmth she to her sister spoke,
But brought upon herself rebuke;
One thing is needful, and but one,
Why do thy thoughts on many run?
How oft are we like Martha vexed,
Encumbered, hurried, and perplexed!
While trifles so engross our thought,
The one thing needful is forgot.
Lord teach us this one thing to choose,
Which they who gain can never lose;
Sufficient in itself alone,
And needful, were the world our own.
Let groveling hearts the world admire,
Thy love is all that I require!
Gladly I may the rest resign,
If the one needful thing be mine!
Scheme | AAXX BBCC DDEE XXFF GGXX HHII XXJJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (43%) |
Metre | 10010101 1110101 11011101 01111101 01000101 010101001 01110111 01010111 11010101 0110101 11010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11110011 11111101 11111101 01010001 110101101 01110101 11111111 11111101 01000101 010001101 110010101 11111110 10110101 10110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 941 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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