Analysis of A New Hymn for Solitude

Edward Dowden 1843 (Cork) – 1913



I found Thee in my heart, O Lord,  
As in some secret shrine;  
I knelt, I waited for Thy word,  
 I joyed to name Thee mine.  

I feared to give myself away          
 To that or this; beside  
Thy altar on my face I lay,  
 And in strong need I cried.  

Those hours are past. Thou art not mine,  
 And therefore I rejoice,         
I wait within no holy shrine,  
 I faint not for the voice.  

In Thee we live; and every wind  
 Of heaven is Thine; blown free  
To west, to east, the God unshrined         
 Is still discovering me.


Scheme ABXB CDCD BEBE XFAF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11101111 101101 11110111 111111 1111101 111101 11011111 001111 110111111 01101 11011101 111101 011101001 1101111 1111011 1101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 529
Words 100
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Edward Dowden

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