Analysis of A Hymn To God The Father
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,
Which was my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run,
And do run still, though still I do deplore?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
For I have more.
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won
Others to sin, and made my sin their door?
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun
A year or two, but wallow'd in, a score?
When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
For I have more.
I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun
My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;
But swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son
Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore;
And, having done that, thou hast done;
I fear no more.
Scheme | ababAB ababAB ababab |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111101 1111110101 1101111111 0111111101 11111111 1111 1101111111 1011011111 1101111111 0111110001 11111111 1111 11011111111 1111110101 1111111111 111111001 01011111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 848 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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