SDA Hymnal 398
Bread of the World
Tune: COMMUNION
1Bread of the world in mercy broken,
Wine of the soul in mercy shed,
By whom the words of life are spoken,
And in whose death our sins are dead;
2Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
Look on the tears by sinners shed;
And be Thy feast to us the token
That by Thy grace our souls are fed. Amen.
- Tune
- COMMUNION
The verse
- Meter
- 9.8.9.9
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 41% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABAB
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Bread of the world in mercy broken,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘9A
Wine of the soul in mercy shed,/˘˘/˘/˘/8B
By whom the words of life are spoken,˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘9A
And in whose death our sins are dead;˘˘˘//˘/˘/9B
Verse 2
Look on the heart by sorrow broken,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘9A
Look on the tears by sinners shed;/˘˘/˘/˘/8B
And be Thy feast to us the token˘˘//˘˘˘/˘9A
That by Thy grace our souls are fed. Amen.˘˘///˘/˘/˘/11C
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.