Hymnology Bibliography

Gracia Grindal. Lessons in Hymnwriting. Boston: The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, 2000.

A handbook on how to write hymn texts. It is intended for individuals and class study. Written primarily for those who would like to know more about the techniques and conventions of hymn texts, but lovers of poetry and hymnody in the church would also find the book of help in their devotional life.

Chapters from Table of Contents:

Introduction

Paraphrasing

Form

Peculiar Meter

Caesura, Alliteration, and Rhyme

Rhetorical Schemes

Images and Figures of Speech

The Commonplace in Hymns