Analysis of The Two Songs
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
I heard an Angel Singing
When the day was springing:
"Mercy, pity, and peace,
Are the world's release."
So he sang all day
Over the new-mown hay,
Till the sun went down,
And the haycocks looked brown.
I heard a devil curse
Over the heath and the furse:
"Mercy vould be no more
If there were nobody poor,
And pity no more could be
If all were happy as ye:
And mutual fear brings peace,
Misery's increase
Are mercy, pity, and peace."
At his curse the sun went down,
And the heavens gave a frown.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXXFFBBB DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 101110 101001 10101 11111 100111 10111 00111 110101 1001001 101111 11011 0101111 1101011 0100111 101 1101001 1110111 0010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 483 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 9, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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