Millennial Harp 7
The New Jerusalem
1Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring
To my raptured vision
All the ecstatic joys that spring
Round the bright Elysian!
The verse
- Meter
- 7.6.8.6
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 53% of beats fit
- Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring///˘/˘/7A
To my raptured vision˘˘/˘/˘6B
All the ecstatic joys that spring/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Round the bright Elysian!/˘/???6C
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.