Analysis of To The Lady Magdalen Herbert, Of St. Mary Magdalen
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
HER of your name, whose fair inheritance
Bethina was, and jointure Magdalo,
An active faith so highly did advance,
That she once knew, more than the Church did know,
The Resurrection ; so much good there is
Deliver'd of her, that some Fathers be
Loth to believe one woman could do this ;
But think these Magdalens were two or three.
Increase their number, Lady, and their fame ;
To their devotion add your innocence ;
Take so much of th' example as of the name,
The latter half ; and in some recompense,
That they did harbour Christ Himself, a guest,
Harbour these hymns, to His dear Name address'd.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110100 11011 1101110101 1111110111 001011111 0101011101 1101110111 11110111 0111010011 1101011100 1111110101101 010100110 1111010101 1011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 606 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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