This is an analysis of Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild by Charles Wesley.
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXb ccdd aacc ddee bbaa ccaa XXee ffgd hhccXggbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1010111 1010101 1010100 1010101 1110101 1010101 1110101 0010011 1110111 1101101 1110111 1111101 1110101 1111101 1111101 1111111 1011101 1110100 1110111 1110101 1110111 11101001 1110011 1111101 1101110 11100100 1000101 1000101 1110101 1110111 1101101 1111100 1010101 0110111 1110111 1100111 1111111 1111101 1011111 1010101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
me, thou, didst
Anaphora
let, thou
