Analysis of The Good Shepherd (From The Spanish Of Lope De Vega)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)



Shepherd! who with thine amorous sylvan songs
Hast broken the slumber that encompassed me,
Who mad'st thy crook from the accursed tree,
On which thy powerful arms were stretched so long!
Lead me to mercy's ever-flowing fountains;
For thou my shepherd, guard, and guide shalt be ;
I will obey thy voice, and wait to see
Thy feet all beautiful upon the mountains.
Hear, Shepherd! thou who for thy flock art dying,
Oh, wash away these scarlet sins, for thou
Rejoicest at the contrite sinner's vow.
Oh, wait! to thee my weary soul is crying,
Wait for me! Yet why ask it, when I see,
With feet nailed to the cross, thou'rt waiting still for me?


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Poetic Form
Metre 10111100101 11001010101 111111011 11110010111 1111101010 1111010111 1101110111 11110001010 11011111110 1101110111 1100111 11111101110 1111111111 111101110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 637
Words 117
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 495
Words per stanza (avg) 116
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. more…

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