Analysis of Easter
MOST glorious Lord of Lyfe! that, on this day,
Didst make Thy triumph over death and sin;
And, having harrowd hell, didst bring away
Captivity thence captive, us to win:
This joyous day, deare Lord, with joy begin;
And grant that we, for whom thou diddest dye,
Being with Thy deare blood clene washt from sin,
May live for ever in felicity!
And that Thy love we weighing worthily,
May likewise love Thee for the same againe;
And for Thy sake, that all lyke deare didst buy,
With love may one another entertayne!
So let us love, deare Love, lyke as we ought,
--Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.
Scheme | ABABBCBX XBCBDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001111111 1111010101 010111101 0100110111 1101111101 011111111 1011111111 1111000100 01111101 11111011 0111111111 11110101 1111111111 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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