Analysis of Of Death & Resurrection

William Strode 1602 – 1645



Like to the rowling of an eye,
Or like a starre shott from the skye,
Or like a hand upon a clock,
Or like a wave upon a rock,
Or like a winde, or like a flame,
Or like false newes which people frame,
Even such is man, of equall stay,
Whose very growth leades to decay.
 The eye is turn'd, the starre down bendeth
 The hand doth steale, the wave descendeth,
 The winde is spent, the flame unfir'd,
 The newes disprov'd, man's life expir'd.

Like to an eye which sleepe doth chayne,
Or like a starre whose fall we fayne,
Or like the shade on Ahaz watch,
Or like a wave which gulfes doe snatch
Or like a winde or flame that's past,
Or smother'd newes confirm'd at last;
Even so man's life, pawn'd in the grave,
Wayts for a riseing it must have.
 The eye still sees, the starre still blazeth,
 The shade goes back, the wave escapeth,
 The winde is turn'd, the flame reviv'd,
 The newes renew'd, and man new liv'd.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEDX FFXXGGXXEEHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 11011101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11111101 10111111 11011101 01110111 0111011 0111011 01011101 11111111 11011111 1101111 11011111 11011111 11010111 101111001 1101111 01110111 0111011 01110101 01010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 893
Words 176
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 12
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 340
Words per stanza (avg) 87
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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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