Analysis of Plenty In A Time Of Dearth
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
My soul once had its plenteous years,
And throve, with peace and comfort filled,
Like the fat kine and ripened ears,
Which Pharaoh in his dream beheld.
With pleasing frames and grace received,
With means and ordinances fed;
How happy for a while I lived,
And little feared the want of bread.
But famine came and left no sign,
Of all the plenty I had seen;
Like the dry ears and half-starved kine,
I then looked withered, faint and lean.
To Joseph the Egyptians went,
To Jesus I made known my case;
He, when my little stock was spent,
Opened his magazine of grace.
For he the time of dearth foresaw,
And made provision long before;
That famished souls, like me, might draw
Supplies from his unbounded store.
Now on his bounty I depend,
And live from fear of dearth secure,
Maintained by such a mighty friend,
I cannot want till he is poor.
O sinners hear his gracious call!
His mercy's door stands open wide,
He has enough to feed you all,
And none who come shall be denied.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG HIHI JXJX KLKL |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 1111111 01110101 10110101 1100111 11010101 11010001 11010111 01010111 11010111 11010111 10110111 11110101 11000101 11011111 11110111 1011011 1101111 01010101 11011111 01110101 11110101 01111101 01110101 11011111 11011101 1111101 11011111 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 960 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 9 |
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) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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