Analysis of The Dawning
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns ;
Take up thine eyes, which feed on earth ;
Unfold thy forehead, gathered into frowns ;
Thy Saviour comes, and with Him mirth :
Awake, awake,
And with a thankful heart His comforts take.
But thou dost still lament, and pine, and cry,
And feel His death, but not His victory.
Arise, sad heart ; if thou dost not withstand,
Christ's resurrection thine may be ;
Do not by hanging down break from the hand
Which, as it riseth, raiseth thee :
Arise, Arise;
And with His burial linen drie thine eyes.
Christ left His grave-clothes, that we might, when grief
Draws tears or blood, not want a handkerchief.
Scheme | ABABCCXD EDEDFFXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110101 11111111 0111010011 1110111 0101 0101011101 1111010101 0111111100 0111111101 1010111 1111011101 111111 0101 01110010111 1111111111 1111110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 633 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 246 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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