Analysis of The Garden
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
A Garden contemplation suits,
And may instruction yield,
Sweeter than all the flow'rs and fruits
With which the spot is filled.
Eden was Adam's dwelling place,
While blest with innocence;
But sin o'erwhelmed him with disgrace,
And drove the rebel thence.
Oft as the garden-walk we tread,
We should bemoan his fall;
The trespass of our legal head
In ruin plunged us all.
The garden of Gethsemane,
The second Adam saw,
Oppressed with woe, to set us free
From the avenging law.
How stupid we, who can forget,
With gardens in our sight,
His agonies and bloody sweat,
In that tremendous night.
His church as a fair garden stands,
Which walls of love enclose;
Each tree is planted by his hand,
And by his blessing grows.
Believing hearts are gardens too,
For grace has sown its seeds;
Where once, by nature, nothing grew
But thorns and worthless weeds.
Such themes to those who Jesus love,
May constant joys afford;
And make a barren desert prove
The garden of the Lord.
Scheme | AXAX BXBX CDCD XEXE FGFG XHXH IJIJ XKXK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 0100101 010101 10110101 110111 10110101 111100 1111101 010101 11010111 110111 01110101 010111 01011 010101 01111111 100101 11011101 1100101 11000101 010101 11101101 111101 11110111 011101 01011101 111111 11110101 110101 11111101 110101 01010101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 948 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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