Analysis of The Power of Music



Orpheus with his lute made trees,
And the mountain-tops that freeze,
Bow themselves when he did sing:
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung; as sun and showers
There had made a lasting spring.

Everything that heard him play,
Even the billows of the sea,
Hung their heads, and then lay by.
In sweet music is such art,
Killing care and grief of heart
Fall asleep, or, hearing, die.


Scheme AABCCB XXDEED
Poetic Form
Metre 10011111 0010111 1011111 11101010 10111010 1110101 101111 10010101 1110111 0110111 1010111 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 383
Words 72
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 151
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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John Fletcher

John William Fletcher was an Australian politician. more…

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