Analysis of In Commendation Of Musick
William Strode 1602 – 1645
When whispering straynes doe softly steale
With creeping passion through the hart,
And when at every touch wee feele
Our pulses beate and beare a part;
When thredds can make
A hartstring shake
Philosophie
Can scarce deny
The soule consists of harmony.
When unto heavenly joy wee feyne
Whatere the soule affecteth most,
Which onely thus wee can explayne
By musick of the winged hoast,
Whose layes wee think
Make starres to winke,
Philosophie
Can scarce deny
Our soules consist of harmony.
O lull mee, lull mee, charming ayre,
My senses rock with wonder sweete;
Like snowe on wooll thy fallings are,
Soft, like a spiritts, are thy feete:
Greife who need feare
That hath an eare?
Down lett him lye
And slumbring dye,
And change his soule for harmony.
Scheme | ababccDEf exebxcDEf gbxbggeef |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110011101 11010101 011100111 101010101 1111 011 1 1101 01011100 110100111 10111 111111 1101011 1111 1111 1 1101 101011100 11111101 11011101 1111111 1101111 1111 1111 1111 011 01111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 741 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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