Analysis of On the Baptized Ethiopian
Richard Crashaw 1612 (London) – 1649 (Loreto, Marche)
Let it no longer be a forlorn hope
To wash an Ethiop :
He's wash'd, his gloomy skin a peaceful shade
For his white soul is made :
And now, I doubt not, the Eternal Dove
A black-faced house will love.
Scheme | AABBCC |
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Poetic Form | Sestain |
Metre | 1111010011 1111 1111010101 111111 0111100101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 202 |
Words | 41 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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