Analysis of The Quip
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
The merry World did on a day
With his train-bands and mates agree
To meet together where I lay,
And all in sport to jeer at me.
First Beauty crept into a rose,
Which when I pluck'd not, "Sir," said she,
"Tell me, I pray, whose hands are those?"
But Thou shalt answer, Lord, for me.
Then Money came, and chinking still,
"What tune is this, poor man?" said he;
"I heard in music you had skill:"
But Thou shalt answer, Lord, for me.
Then came brave Glory puffing by
In silks that whistled, who but he?
He scarce allow'd me half an eye:
But Thou shalt answer, Lord, for me.
Then came quick Wit and Conversation,
And he would needs a comfort be,
And, to be short, make an oration:
But Thou shalt answer, Lord, for me.
Yet when the hour of Thy design
To answer these fine things shall come,
Speak not at large, say, I am Thine;
And then they have their answer home.
Scheme | abab cbcB dbdB ebeB fbfB gxgx |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 01011101 11110101 11010111 01011111 11010101 11111111 11111111 11110111 1101011 11111111 11010111 11110111 11110101 01110111 11011111 11110111 11110010 01110101 011111010 11110111 110101101 11011111 11111111 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 849 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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