Analysis of Noah's Flood (excerpts)
Michael Drayton 1563 (Hartshill) – 1631 (London)
Eternal and all-working God, which wast
Before the world, whose frame by Thee was cast,
And beautified with beamful lamps above,
By thy great wisdom set how they should move
To guide the seasons, equally to all,
Which come and go as they do rise and fall.
My mighty Maker, O do thou infuse
Such life and spirit into my labouring Muse,
That I may sing (what but from Noah thou hid'st)
The greatest thing that ever yet thou didst
Since the creation; that the world may see
The Muse is heavenly and deriv'd from Thee.
O let Thy glorious Angel which since kept
That gorgeous Eden, where once Adam slept,
When tempting Eve was taken from his side,
Let him great God not only be my guide,
But with his fiery faucheon still be nie,
To keep affliction far from me, that I
With a free soul thy wondrous works may show,
Then like that deluge shall my numbers flow,
Telling the state wherein the earth then stood,
The giant race, the universal flood.
Scheme | AAXXBB CCAADD AAAADXEEAA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100110111 0101111111 0111101 1111011111 1101010011 1101111101 1101011101 1101001111 111111110111 0101110111 1001010111 01110000111 11110010111 1101011101 1101110111 1111110111 1111001111 1101011111 1011110111 1111011101 1001010111 010100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 985 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 10 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 246 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 53 sec read
- 116 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Noah's Flood (excerpts)" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 3 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/28104/noah%27s-flood-%28excerpts%29>.
Discuss this Michael Drayton poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In