Analysis of Good Friday in my Heart
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907
GOOD FRIDAY in my heart! Fear and affright!
My thoughts are the Disciples when they fled,
My words the words that priest and soldier said,
My deed the spear to desecrate the dead.
And day, Thy death therein, is changed to night.
Then Easter in my heart sends up the sun.
My thoughts are Mary, when she turned to see.
My words are Peter, answering, ‘Lov’st thou Me?’
My deeds are all Thine own drawn close to Thee,
And night and day, since Thou dost rise, are one.
Scheme | AAAAA BCCCB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 110011101 1110010111 1101110101 1101100101 0111011111 1100111101 1111011111 11110100111 1111111111 0101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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