Analysis of A Little Te Deum For These Times
William Arthur Dunkerley 1852 (Manchester) – 1941 (Worthing)
We thank Thee, Lord,
For mercies manifold in these dark days;--
For Heart of Grace that would not suffer wrong;
For all the stirrings in the dead dry bones;
For bold self-steeling to the times' dread needs;
For every sacrifice of self to Thee;
For ease and wealth and life so freely given;
For Thy deep sounding of the hearts of men;
For Thy great opening of the hearts of men;
For Thy close-knitting of the hearts of men;
For all who sprang to answer the great call;
For their high courage and self-sacrifice;
For their endurance under deadly stress;
For all the unknown heroes who have died
To keep the land inviolate and free;
For all who come back from the Gates of Death;
For all who pass to larger life with Thee,
And find in Thee the wider liberty;
For hope of Righteous and Enduring Peace;
For hope of cleaner earth and closer heaven;
With burdened hearts, but faith unquenchable,--
We thank Thee, Lord!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 110100111 1111111101 1101000111 111110111 1100101111 11010111010 1111010111 11110010111 1111010111 1111110011 111100110 1110010101 1100110111 1101010001 1111110111 1111110111 0101010100 1111000101 11110101010 1101111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 890 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 714 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 166 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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