Analysis of The Message
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
Send home my long stray'd eyes to me,
Which O too long have dwelt on thee,
Yet since there they have learn'd such ill,
Such forc'd fashions,
And false passions,
That they be
Made by thee
Fit for no good sight, keep them still.
Send home my worthless heart again,
Which no unworthy thought could stain,
Which if't be taught by thine
To make jestings
Of protestings,
And cross both
Word and oath,
Keep it, for then 'tis none of mine.
Yet send me back my heart and eyes,
That I may know, and see thy lies,
And may laugh and joy, when thou
Art in anguish
And dost languish
For some one
That will non,
Or prove as false as thou art now.
Scheme | AABCCAAB XXDCCEED FFGHHXXG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 11111111 11111111 1110 0110 111 111 11111111 11110101 11010111 1111111 111 11 011 101 11111111 11111101 11110111 0110111 1010 0110 111 111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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