Analysis of The Happy Man
How bless'd the man, how fully so,
As far as man is bless'd below,
Who taking up his cross essays
To follow Jesus all his days,
With resolution to obey,
And steps enlarging in his way.
The Father of the saints above
Adopts him with a Father's love,
And makes his bosom throughly shine
With wond'rous stores of grace divine;
Sweet grace divine the pledge of joy
That will his soul above employ;
Full joy, that when his time is done
Becomes his portion as a son.
Ah me! the sweet infus'd desires
The fervid wishes, holy fires,
Which thus a melted heart refine,
Such are his and such be mine.
From hence, despising all besides
That earth reveals or ocean hides,
All that men in either prize,
On God alone he sets his eyes.
From hence his hope is on the wings,
His health renews, his safety springs,
His glory blazes up below,
And all the streams of comfort flow.
He calls his Saviour, King above,
Lord of mercy, Lord of love,
And finds a kingly care defend,
And mercy smile, and love descend,
To chear, to guide him in the ways
Of this vain world's deceitful maze:
And tho' the wicked earth display
Its terrors in their fierce array,
Or gape so wide that horrour shews
Its hell replete with endless woes;
Such succour keeps him clear of Ill
Still firm to good and dauntless still.
So fix'd, by Providence's hands
A rock amidst an ocean stands;
So bears without a trembling dread
The tempest beating round its head,
And with its side repels the wave
Whose hollow seems a coming grave;
The skies the deeps are heard to roar
The rock stands settled as before.
I, all with whom he has to do,
Admire the life which blesses you,
That feeds a foe, that aids a friend,
Without a bye designing end;
Its knowing real int'rest lies
On the bright side of yonder skies,
Where having made a title fair
It mounts and leaves the world to care.
While he that seeks for pleasing days
In earthly joys and evil ways,
Is but the fool of toil or fame,
(Tho' happy be the specious name)
And made by wealth, which makes him great,
A more conspicuous wretch of state.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHEEIIJJKKAA DDLLBBCCAXMMNNOOPPQQ RRLLJJSSBBTTUU |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (32%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011101 11111101 11011101 11010111 1010101 01010011 01010101 01110101 0111011 1111101 11010111 11110101 11111111 01110101 110101010 010101010 11010101 1110111 11010101 11011101 1110101 11011111 11111101 11011101 11010101 01011101 1111101 1110111 01010101 01010101 11111001 11110101 01010101 11001101 1111111 11011101 1111111 1111011 11110001 01011101 110101001 01010111 01110101 11010101 01011111 01110101 11111111 01011101 11011101 01010101 110111 10111101 11010101 11010111 11111101 01010101 11011111 11010101 01111111 010100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,990 |
Words | 384 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 26, 20, 14 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 530 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 127 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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