What is the meter of "First-Day Thoughts" John Greenleaf Whittier?

Question

POETIC METER!!

Answer 1

A general trend of Iambic pentameter with a variation of tetra-meter at times is the poetic meter of this poem.

In calm and cool and silence, once again

I find my old accustomed place among

My brethren, where, perchance, no human tongue

Shall utter words; where never hymn is sung,

Nor deep-toned organ blown, nor censer swung,

Nor dim light falling through the pictured pane!

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There let me strive with each besetting sin,

Recall my wandering fancies, and restrain

The sore disquiet of a restless brain;

And, as the path of duty is made plain,

May grace be given that I may walk therein,

Not like the hireling, for his selfish gain,

With backward glances and reluctant tread,

Making a merit of his coward dread,

But cheerful, in the light around me thrown,

Walking as one to pleasant service led;

Doing God's will as it if were my own,

Yet trusting not in mine, but in His strength alone!

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