Analysis of The Lord Is My Portion
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
From pole to pole let others roam,
And search in vain for bliss;
My soul is satisfied at home,
The Lord my portion is.
Jesus, who on his glorious throne
Rules heav'n and earth and sea;
Is pleased to claim me for his own,
And give himself to me.
His person fixes all my love,
His blood removes my fear;
And while he pleads for me above,
His arm preserves me here.
His word of promise is my food,
His Spirit is my guide;
Thus daily is my strength renewed
And all my wants supplied.
For him I count as gain each loss,
Disgrace, for him, renown;
Well may I glory in his cross,
While he prepares my crown!
Let worldlings then indulge their boast,
How much they gain or spend!
Their joys must soon give up the ghost,
But mine shall know no end.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DXDX EFEF GHGH IJIJ |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11111101 010111 1111011 011101 101111001 110101 11111111 010111 11010111 110111 01111101 110111 11110111 110111 11011101 011101 11111111 011101 11110011 110111 1110111 111111 11111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 728 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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