Analysis of Praise (I)
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
To write a verse or two is all the praise
That I can raise:
Mend my estate in any ways,
Thou shalt have more.
I go to Church; help me to wings, and I
Will thither fly;
Or, if I mount unto the sky,
I will do more.
Man is all weakness; there is no such thing
As Prince or King:
His arm is short; yet with a sling
He may do more.
An herb distill'd, and drunk, may dwell next door,
On the same floor,
To a brave soul: Exalt the poor,
They can do more.
O raise me then! poor bees, that work all day,
Sting my delay,
Who have a work, as well as they,
And much, much more.
Scheme | AAAB CCCB DDDB BBXB EEEB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1101111101 1111 11010101 1111 1111111101 111 11111001 1111 1111011111 1111 11111101 1111 1101011111 1011 10110101 1111 1111111111 1101 11011111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 566 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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