Analysis of A Litany
Phineas Fletcher 1582 (Cranbrook) – 1650
DROP, drop, slow tears,
And bathe those beauteous feet
Which brought from Heaven
The news and Prince of Peace:
Cease not, wet eyes,
His mercy to entreat;
To cry for vengeance
Sin doth never cease.
In your deep floods
Drown all my faults and fears;
Nor let His eye
See sin, but through my tears.
| Scheme | ABCDEBFDGHIA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 01111 11110 010111 1111 11011 11110 11101 0111 111101 1111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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