This is an analysis of Care For Thy Soul As Thing Of Greatest Price by William Byrd.
Care for thy soul as thing of greatest price,
Made to the end to taste of power divine,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdXX dedeff XgXgaa
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1111110101 10010101001 0101100111 1111010001 1101111101 0011010101 1111110111 1111010101 0101110101 1101110001 1111010111 1111111101 1101011101 1111011101 11001011101 0111110101 1010010011 1011010001 1111111101 1111011101 1101110110 1111110101 1011110100 111101011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
to, of, for, thy, care
Anaphora
care
