Notable features:
- Meter:
10 10 10 10
(or any with 4 phrases between 8 and 10 syllables per phrase) - Form:
ABAB
- 2nd phrase ends in a Plagal cadence!
- Final phrase starts after a full count of silence (on beat 2) and features a melisma in the tenor voice supporting a perceived phrase augmentation leading to the final cadence.
- Final cadence is a variation on Plagal with a
V
in the bass voice. - Inspiration:
- "Jesus is My Shepherd", by by Tammy Simister Robinson
- "Valley of the Shadow", Little Women, Soundtrack by Thomas Newman
- "We're Not Ashamed to Own Our Lord", Hymns, 57, Music by John Longhurst
- Derivative works: