Analysis of Temple

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



With His kind mother, who partakes thy woe,
Joseph, turn back ; see where your child doth sit,
Blowing, yea blowing out those sparks of wit,
Which Himself on the doctors did bestow.
The Word but lately could not speak, and lo !
It suddenly speaks wonders ; whence comes it,
That all which was, and all which should be writ,
A shallow seeming child should deeply know ?
His Godhead was not soul to His manhood,
Nor had time mellow'd Him to this ripeness ;
But as for one which hath a long task, 'tis good,
With the sun to begin His business,
He in His age's morning thus began,
By miracles exceeding power of man.


Scheme ABBAABBACDCDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111 1011111111 1011011111 1011010101 0111011101 1100110111 1111011111 0101011101 11111111 111101111 11111101111 101101110 1011010101 11000101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 620
Words 114
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 471
Words per stanza (avg) 117
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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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