Analysis of Antiphon (I)
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
Chorus: Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing
'My God and King.'
Verse: The heav'ns are not too high,
His praise may thither fly:
The earth is not too low,
His praises there may grow.
Chorus: Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing,
'My God and King.'
Verse: The church with psalms must shout
No door can keep them out:
But above all, the heart
Must bear the longest part.
Chorus: Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing,
'My God and King.'
| Scheme | AA bbcc AA ddee AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110101101 1101 1011111 11111 011111 110111 10110101101 1101 1011111 111111 101101 110101 10110101101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 445 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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