This is an analysis of At Matins by Francis Joseph Sherman.
Because I ever have gone down Thy ways
With joyous heart and undivided praise,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaba c Xcbc cc Xdc eed Xe ccfc X ccfc f XfeX cc Xec eeg Xe aaga X hheh i Xiei cc Xdc ggd Xg
- Stanza lengths: 4,1,4,2,3,3,2,4,1,4,1,4,2,3,3,2,4,1,4,1,4,2,3,3,2,
- Metre: 0111011111 0101110101 11110111010 11011011101 101001011101 1 1011110101 01110101110 11010100001 10100011101 1001101101 1 11101111010 1101110101 1101111111 1111010001 10011101110 1 1101111100 1111011111 1111011111 11010111011 1111111100 1 1101110111 0101010101 01111111011 1111111111 0101111111 1 1110110111 01011111110 101101100111 0101100101 11001110111 1 11110110010 10001110101 1100011101 1011011101 10010101010 1 01110110100 1101110111 1011110101 11010101110 1011101011 1 1111110101 0101110101 11110101110 1101111101 11101110101 1 1111110101 11010111010 1111110111 101001011101 1011010101 1 011101010110 11010100101 1100011001 1100011110 11111111010 1 0100011011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 25
- Lines: 67
Repeated words/phrases
me, i, and
Anaphora
o