Analysis of That Time and Absence proves Rather helps than hurts to loves
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
ABSENCE, hear thou my protestation
Against thy strength,
Distance and length:
Do what thou canst for alteration,
For hearts of truest mettle
Absence doth join and Time doth settle.
Who loves a mistress of such quality,
His mind hath found
Affection's ground
Beyond time, place, and all mortality.
To hearts that cannot vary
Absence is present, Time doth tarry.
My senses want their outward motion
Which now within
Reason doth win,
Redoubled by her secret notion:
Like rich men that take pleasure
In hiding more than handling treasure.
By Absence this good means I gain,
That I can catch her
Where none can watch her,
In some close corner of my brain:
There I embrace and kiss her,
And so enjoy her and none miss her.
Scheme | ABBACC DEEDDD AFFAGG HGGHGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011110 0111 1001 11111010 1111010 101101110 1101011100 1111 11 0111010100 1111010 101101110 110111010 1101 1011 010101010 1111110 010111010 11011111 11110 11110 01110111 1101010 010100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 772 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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