Analysis of Easter
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
Rise, heart, thy lord is risen. Sing his praise
Without delays,
Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise
With him may'st rise:
That, as his death calcinèd thee to dust,
His life may make thee gold, and, much more, just.
Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part
With all thy art,
The cross taught all wood to resound his name
Who bore the same.
His stretchèd sinews taught all strings what key
Is best to celebrate this most high day.
Consort, both heart and lute, and twist a song
Pleasant and long;
Or, since all music is but three parts vied
And multiplied
Oh let thy blessèd Spirit bear a part,
And make up our defects with his sweet art.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEXX FFGGDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 0101 111101111 11111 111111111 1111110111 0111010111 1111 011111111 1101 111111111 111101111 0111010101 1001 1111011111 010 1111110101 01110101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 656 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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