Analysis of Sic Vita

Henry King 1592 (Worminghall, Buckinghamshire) – 1669 (Chichester)



Like to the falling of a star,
Or as the flights of eagles are,
Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,
Or silver drops of morning dew,
Or like a wind that chafes the flood,
Or bubbles which on water stood:
Even such is man, whose borrowed light
Is straight called in, and paid to night.
The wind blows out, the bubble dies;
The spring entombed in autumn lies;
The dew dries up, the star is shot;
The flight is past, and man forgot.


Scheme AABBCDEEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 11011101 11011101 11011101 11011101 11011101 10111111 11100111 01110101 01010101 01110111 01110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 438
Words 86
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 330
Words per stanza (avg) 84
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 24, 2023

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Henry King

Henry King was an English poet who served as Bishop of Chichester. more…

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