The Anatomy of Hymnody

AABCCB ABAB accented vowel adore ballad meter called Charles Wesley Christ Common Meter congregational couplets cross rhyming crown dactylic and anapaestic earth eight syllables ends of lines English Hymnal Eternal example excellent faith false rhyme feeling four lines Frank Baker fuguing tune glory heart heaven Holy hymn hymnody iambic ideas inner rhyme Isaac Watts Jesus King light line of poetry Long Meter Lord Love divine Methodist Hymnal metrical design mixed meters modulation Monk's Gate monotony night o'er Oxford University Press pattern peace Percy Dearmer permission of Oxford phrase poem poet poetic devices prayer problem pulse rejoice rhyme scheme rhythm salvation Saviour second stanza short lines Short Meter sing six syllables Songs of Praise soul sound spirit stanza strength strong sung Thee Thine arm Thou hidden thought trochaic trochee tune upbeat variant verse Wesley's words Yattendon