Analysis of Easter Wings
Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
Most poore:
With Thee
O let me rise,
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day Thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in me.
My tender age in sorrow did beginne;
And still with sicknesses and shame
Thou didst so punish sinne,
That I became
Most thinne.
With Thee
Let me combine,
And feel this day Thy victorie;
For, if I imp my wing on Thine,
Affliction shall advance the flight in me.
Scheme | ababx Cxcxc dbdbd Cdadc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 11001101 010101 1101 11 11 1111 1101000 01111100 1101100101 110101011 011101 111101 1101 11 11 1110 011111 11111111 0101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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