Analysis of On The Death Of William Cartwright
Izaak Walton 1593 (Stafford) – 1683 (Winchester)
I cannot keep my purpose, but must give
Sorrow and Verse their way; nor will I grieve
Longer in silence; no, that poor, poor part
Of natures legacy, Verse void of Art,
And undissembled teares, CARTWRIGHT shall have
Fixt on his Hearse; and wept into his grave.
Muses I need you not; for, Grief and I
Can in your absence weave an Elegy:
Which we will do; and often inter-weave
Sad Looks, and Sighs; the ground-work must receive
Such Characters, or be adjudg'd unfit
For my Friends shroud; others have shew'd their Wit,
Learning, and Language fitly; for these be
Debts due to his great Merits: but for me,
My aymes are like my self, humble and low,
Too mean to speak his praise, too mean to show
The World what it hath lost in losing thee,
Whose Words and Deeds were perfect Harmony.
But now 'tis lost; lost in the silent Grave,
Lost to us Mortals, lost, 'till we shall have
Admission to that Kingdom, where He sings
Harmonious Anthems to the King of Kings.
Sing on blest Soul! be as thou wast below,
A more than common instrument to show
Thy Makers praise; sing on, whilst I lament
Thy loss, and court a holy discontent,
With such pure thoughts as thine, to dwell with me,
Then I may hope to live, and dye like thee,
To live belov'd, dye mourn'd, thus in my grave;
Blessings that Kings have wish'd, but cannot have.
Scheme | ABCCDEFGBBHHGGIIGGEDJJIIKKGGED |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101110111 1001111111 1001011111 1101001111 011111 1111010111 1011111101 1011011100 1111010011 1101011101 1100110101 1111101111 100101111 1111110111 1111111001 1111111111 0111110101 1101001100 1111100101 1111011111 0101110111 01001010111 1111111101 0111010011 1101111101 1101010001 1111111111 1111110111 1101111011 1011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,292 |
Words | 246 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,012 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 244 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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