Analysis of Discipline
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
THROW away Thy rod,
Throw away Thy wrath;
O my God,
Take the gentle path!
For my heart's desire
Unto Thine is bent:
I aspire
To a full consent.
Not a word or look
I affect to own,
But by book,
And Thy Book alone.
Though I fail, I weep;
Though I halt in pace,
Yet I creep
To the throne of grace.
Then let wrath remove;
Love will do the deed;
For with love
Stony hearts will bleed.
Love is swift of foot;
Love 's a man of war,
And can shoot,
And can hit from far.
Who can 'scape his bow?
That which wrought on Thee,
Brought Thee low,
Needs must work on me.
Throw away Thy rod;
Though man frailties hath,
Thou art God:
Throw away Thy wrath!
Scheme | ABab xcxc dede fgfg xhxh xxxx xixi AbaB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (88%) |
Metre | 10111 10111 111 10101 111010 10111 101 10101 10111 10111 111 01101 11111 11101 111 10111 11101 11101 111 10111 11111 110111 011 01111 11111 11111 111 11111 10111 11101 111 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 669 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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