Analysis of The Pulley
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blesings standing by;
Let us (said he) pour on him all we can:
Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.
So strength first made a way;
The beauty flow'd, then wisdom, honour, pleasure:
When almost all was out, God made a stay,
Perceiving that alone of all his treasure
Rest in the bottom lay.
For if I should (said he)
Bestow this jewel also on my creature,
He would adore my gifts instead of me,
And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature:
So both should losers be.
Yet let him keep the rest,
But keep them with repining restlessness:
Let him be rich and weary, that at least,
If goodness lead him not, yet weariness
May toss him to my breast.
Scheme | ABABA CDCDC EDEDE FGXGF |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 111111 100111101 1111111111 101101011 10101 111101 0101110110 111111101 01010111110 100101 111111 01110101110 1101110111 01010101110 111101 111101 11111100 1111010111 1101111100 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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