Analysis of Will Ye Also Go Away?
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
When any turn from Zion's way,
(Alas! what numbers do!)
Methinks I hear my Saviour say,
Wilt thou forsake me too?
Ah Lord! with such a heart as mine,
Unless thou hold me fast;
I feel I must, I shall decline,
And prove like them at last.
Yet thou alone hast pow'r, I know,
To save a wretch like me;
To whom, or whither, could I go,
If I should turn from thee?
Beyond a doubt I rest assured
Thou art the Christ of God;
Who hast eternal life secured
By promise and by blood.
The help of men and angels joined,
Could never reach my case;
Nor can I hope relief to find,
But in thy boundless grace.
No voice but thine can give me rest,
And bid my fears depart;
No love but thine can make me blest,
And satisfy my heart.
What anguish has that question stirred,
If I will also go?
Yet, Lord, relying on thy word,
I humbly answer, No!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX XHXH IJIJ KEKE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 1101111 011101 111111 110111 11110111 011111 11111101 011111 110111111 110111 11110111 111111 01011101 110111 11010101 110011 01110101 110111 11110111 101101 11111111 011101 11111111 01011 11011101 111101 11010111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 812 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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