Analysis of Christ Crucified
Richard Crashaw 1612 (London) – 1649 (Loreto, Marche)
THY restless feet now cannot go
For us and our eternal good,
As they were ever wont. What though
They swim, alas! in their own flood?
Thy hands to give Thou canst not lift,
Yet will Thy hand still giving be;
It gives, but O, itself's the gift!
It gives tho' bound, tho' bound 'tis free!
Scheme | AXAX BCBC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11011101 110100101 11010111 11010111 11111111 11111101 1111101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 306 |
Words | 58 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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