Hymns and Tunes 1876 400
Newell
1What poor despised company Of travelers are these, Who walk in yonder narrow way, Along the rugged maze? Along the rugged maze?
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The verse
- Meter
- 33
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 68% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
What poor despised company Of travelers are these, Who walk in yonder narrow way, Along the rugged maze? Along the rugged maze?˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/33A
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.