Analysis of Easter Wings

George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)



Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
Most poore:

With Thee
O let me rise,
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day Thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in me.

My tender age in sorrow did beginne;
And still with sicknesses and shame
Thou didst so punish sinne,
That I became
Most thinne.

With Thee
Let me combine,
And feel this day Thy victorie;
For, if I imp my wing on Thine,
Affliction shall advance the flight in me.


Scheme ababx Cxcxc dbdbd Cdadc
Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110101 11001101 010101 1101 11 11 1111 1101000 01111100 1101100101 110101011 011101 111101 1101 11 11 1110 011111 11111111 0101010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 508
Words 98
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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