Analysis of Praise for the Fountain Opened
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
There is a fountain fill'd with blood,
Drawn from Emmanuel's veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there have I, as vile as he,
Wash'd all my sins away.
Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransom'd church of God
Be saved, to sin no more.
E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I'll sing Thy power to save;
When this poor lisping stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave.
Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared
(Unworthy though I be)
For me a blood-bought free reward,
A golden harp for me!
'Tis strung and tuned for endless years,
And form'd by power divine,
To sound in God the Father's ears
No other name but Thine.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD AXXX EFEF XGXG XCXC HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11010111 1111 01010111 111101 01010111 110011 01111111 111101 11011101 1101110 1101111 111111 101111101 110101 01011111 011111 10010101 1111011 111111 110001 11011101 010111 11011101 010111 11011101 0111001 11010101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 904 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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