Analysis of Clasping of Hands

George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)



LORD, Thou art mine, and I am Thine,  
If mine I am; and Thine much more  
Then I or ought or can be mine.  
Yet to be Thine doth me restore,  
So that again I now am mine,          
And with advantage mine the more,  
Since this being mine brings with it Thine,  
And Thou with me dost Thee restore:  
 If I without Thee would be mine,  
 I neither should be mine nor Thine.         

Lord, I am Thine, and Thou art mine;  
So mine Thou art, that something more  
I may presume Thee mine then Thine,  
For Thou didst suffer to restore  
Not Thee, but me, and to be mine:         
And with advantage mine the more,  
Since Thou in death wast none of Thine,  
Yet then as mine didst me restore:  
 O, be mine still; still make me Thine;  
 Or rather make no Thine and Mine.   


Scheme ababaBabaa ababaBabaa
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110111 11110111 11111111 11111101 11011111 01010101 111011111 01111101 11011111 11011111 11110111 11111101 11011111 11110101 11110111 01010101 11011111 11111101 11111111 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 763
Words 147
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 10
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 268
Words per stanza (avg) 73
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 16, 2023

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George Herbert

The Very Reverend Honourable George Herbert was an Anglican priest. more…

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