Analysis of Orpheus

William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)



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ORPHEUS with his lute made trees
And the mountain tops that freeze
   Bow themselves when he did sing:
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung; as sun and showers
   There had made a lasting spring.

Every thing that heard him play,
Even the billows of the sea,
   Hung their heads and then lay by.
In sweet music is such art,
   Killing care and grief of heart
   Fall asleep, or hearing, die.


Scheme X AABCCB XXDEED
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 10011111 0010111 1011111 11101010 10111010 1110101 10011111 10010101 1110111 0110111 1010111 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 417
Words 75
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 6
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified by davidb on September 05, 2021

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". more…

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