Analysis of La Corona

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise,
Weaved in my lone devout melancholy,
Thou which of good hast, yea, art treasury,
All changing unchanged Ancient of days.
But do not with a vile crown of frail bays
Reward my Muse's white sincerity ;
But what Thy thorny crown gain'd, that give me,
A crown of glory, which doth flower always.
The ends crown our works, but Thou crown'st our ends,
For at our ends begins our endless rest.
The first last end, now zealously possess'd,
With a strong sober thirst my soul attends.
'Tis time that heart and voice be lifted high ;
Salvation to all that will is nigh.


Scheme ABBAABBACDDCEE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111101 101101100 1111111100 110011011 1111011111 011110100 1111011111 0111011101 0111011111101 111010110101 0111110001 1011011101 1111011101 010111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 617
Words 113
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 473
Words per stanza (avg) 113
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 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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