Analysis of TO Mr. Samuel Brooke
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
O THOU which to search out the secret parts
Of the India, or rather Paradise
Of knowledge, hast with courage and advice
Lately launch'd into the vast sea of arts ;
Disdain not in thy constant travelling
To do as other voyagers, and make
Some turns into less creeks, and wisely take
Fresh water at the Heliconian spring.
I sing not, siren-like, to tempt, for I
Am harsh ; nor as those schismatics with you,
Which draw all wits of good hope to their crew ;
But seeing in you bright sparks of poetry,
I, though I brought no fuel, had desire
With these articulate blasts to blow the fire.
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFFGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110101 1010011010 1101110001 1010101111 0110110100 1111010001 1101110101 1101011 1111011111 11111111 1111111111 11001111100 11111101010 11010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 457 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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