Analysis of Holy Sonnet III: O Might Those Sighes
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
O might those sighes and teares returne againe
Into my breast and eyes, which I have spent,
That I might in this holy discontent
Mourne with some fruit, as I have mourn'd in vaine;
In mine Idolatry what showres of raine
Mine eyes did waste? what griefs my heart did rent?
That sufferance was my sinne; now I repent;
'Cause I did sufffer I must suffer paine.
Th'hydroptique drunkard, and night-scouting thiefe,
The itchy Lecher, and selfe-tickling proud
Have the remembrance of past joyes, for reliefe
Of comming ills. To (poore) me is allow'd
No ease; for, long, yet vehement griefe hath beene
Th'effect and cause, the punishment and sinne.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 0111011111 1110110001 1111111101 0101001111 1111111111 111111101 111111101 11001101 010100111 1001011111 111111101 11111100111 110101010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 503 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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