Analysis of Translated Out Of Gazaeus,

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



GOD grant thee thine own wish, and grant thee mine,
Thou who dost, best friend, in best things outshine ;
May thy soul, ever cheerful, ne'er know cares,
Nor thy life, ever lively, know grey hairs,
Nor thy hand, ever open, know base holds,
Nor thy purse, ever plump, know pleats, or folds,
Nor thy tongue, ever true, know a false thing,
Nor thy words, ever mild, know quarrelling,
Nor thy works, ever equal, know disguise,
Nor thy fame, ever pure, know contumelies,
Nor thy prayers know low objects, still divine ;
God grant thee thine own wish, and grant thee mine.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111110111 111110111 1111010111 1111010111 1111010111 1111011111 1111011011 11110111 1111010101 11110111 1111110101 1111110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 573
Words 102
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 429
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 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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