Analysis of Affliction (II)
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
Kill me not ev'ry day,
Thou Lord of life, since thy one death for me
Is more than all my deaths can be,
Though I in broken pay
Die over each hour of Methusalem's stay.
If all men's tears were let
Into one common sewer, sea, and brine;
What were they all, compar'd to thine?
Wherein if they were set,
They would discolour thy most bloody sweat.
Thou art my grief alone,
Thou Lord conceal it not: and as thou art
All my delight, so all my smart:
Thy cross took up in one,
By way of imprest, all my future moan.
Scheme | ABBAA CDDCC EFFXE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 11111 1111111111 11111111 110101 110110111 111101 0111010101 10110111 011101 11111101 111101 1101110111 11011111 111101 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 511 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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