This is an analysis of the poem A Fair Melody: To Be Sung By Good Christians that begins with:

Awake, my heart's delight, awake
Thou Christian host, and hear...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdc dedefgX hfhfefe fifijhj bkbkXhX jhjhlXl dgdgmfm jhjhjXjXhdhdcic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 110111 11110101 111111 1101010 11010101 1111010 01010111 111101 111000101 110101 1111110 110110101 0101100 11010111 111101 11110101 111101 0101010 11110111 1101110 11110100 010001 11010101 010111 1101010 11001101 1111110 110100111 110110 11010111 101101 111110 01001101 1011010 111111010 100100 100111010 1010111 1001011 11010111 1010011 01011001 011101 01010011 110111 1111110 11110101 1111010 100111010 111101 010101010 011111 1101010 010111101 10011010 11001111 111101 11111101 101101 1111010 01011101 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, there, the, for are repeated.

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  • summary of A Fair Melody: To Be Sung By Good Christians;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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