Analysis of A Jet Ring Sent

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



Thou art not so black as my heart,
Nor half so brittle as her heart, thou art ;
What would'st thou say ? shall both our properties by thee be spoke,
—Nothing more endless, nothing sooner broke?

Marriage rings are not of this stuff ;
Oh, why should ought less precious, or less tough
Figure our loves ? except in thy name thou have bid it say,
'—I'm cheap, and nought but fashion ; fling me away.'

Yet stay with me since thou art come,
Circle this finger's top, which didst her thumb ;
Be justly proud, and gladly safe, that thou dost dwell with me ;
She that, O ! broke her faith, would soon break thee.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111111 1111010111 1111111101001111 1011010101 10111111 1111110111 101010101111111 11011101101 11111111 101111101 11010101111111 1111011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 615
Words 113
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 151
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Donne

John Donne was an English poet, satirist, lawyer and a cleric in the Church of England. more…

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