Analysis of Jacke-On-Both-Sides

William Strode 1602 – 1645



I hold as fayth
What Rome's Church sayth
Where the King's head,
That flock's misled
Where th' Altar's drest
That People's blest
Who shuns the Masse
Hee's but an Asse
Who Charity preach
They Heav'n soone reach
On Fayth t'rely,
'Tis heresy

What England's Church allows
My Conscience disavowes;
That Church can have no seame;
That holdes the Pope supreme;
There's service scarce divine;
With table, bread and wine;
Hee's Catholique and wise;
Who the Communion flyes;
That Church with schismes fraught;
Where only fayth is taught;
Noe matter for good workes,
Makes Christians worse than Turkes.


Scheme AABBBXCCDDXX XCEEFFXCGGCC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1111 1011 1101 11111 1101 1101 1111 11001 1111 11101 1100 110101 1101 111111 110101 110101 110101 1101 100101 11111 110111 110111 110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 575
Words 99
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 12
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 234
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Strode

William Strode (c. 1602 – 1645) was an English poet, Doctor of Divinity and Public Orator of Oxford University, one of the Worthies of Devon of John Prince (d.1723). more…

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