Analysis of Songs In The Masque Of Alfred: To Alfred
James Thomson 1700 (Port Glasgow) – 1748 (London)
First Spirit.
Hear, Alfred, father of the state,
Thy genius Heaven's high will declare!
What proves the hero truly great,
Is never, never to despair:
Is never to despair.
Second Spirit.
Thy hope awake, thy heart expand,
With all its vigour, all its fires.
Arise! and save a sinking land!
Thy country calls, and heaven inspires.
Both Spirits.
Earth calls, and Heaven inspires.
| Scheme | ABCBCC ADXDE XE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110 11010101 110101101 11010101 11010101 110101 1010 11011101 11111110 01010101 110101001 110 1101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 371 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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