Analysis of How Vast the Benefits Divine
Augustus Montague Toplady 1740 (Farnham, Surrey) – 1778
How vast the benefits divine which we in Christ possess!
We are redeemed from guilt and shame and called to holiness.
But not for works which we have done, or shall hereafter do,
Hath God decreed on sinful men salvation to bestow.
The glory, Lord, from first to last, is due to Thee alone;
Aught to ourselves we dare not take, or rob Thee of Thy crown.
Our glorious Surety undertook to satisfy for man,
And grace was given us in Him before the world began.
This is Thy will, that in Thy love we ever should abide;
That earth and hell should not prevail to turn Thy Word aside.
Not one of all the chosen race but shall to heav’n attain,
Partake on earth the purposed grace and then with Jesus reign.
Scheme | XXXX XXAA BBCC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 11010001110101 11011101011100 11111111110101 11011101010101 01011111111101 110011111111111 101001000111011 01110101010101 11111011110101 11011101111101 11110101111101 0111011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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