Analysis of Orpheus with his Lute Made Trees
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Orpheus with his lute made trees,
And the mountain tops that freeze,
Bow themselves, when he did sing:
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung; as sun and showers
There had made a lasting spring.
Everything that heard him play,
Even the billows of the sea,
Hung their heads, and then lay by.
In sweet music is such art,
Killing care and grief of heart
Fall asleep, or hearing, die.
| Scheme | AABCCB XXDEED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011111 0010111 1011111 11101010 10111010 1110101 101111 10010101 1110111 0110111 1010111 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 428 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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