Analysis of TO Mr.T.W.
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
PREGNANT again with th' old twins, Hope and Fear,
Oft have I asked for thee, both how and where
Thou wert ; and what my hopes of letters were ;
As in our streets sly beggars narrowly
Watch motions of the giver's hand or eye,
And evermore conceive some hope thereby.
And now thy alms is given, thy letter's read,
The body risen again, the which was dead,
And thy poor starveling bountifully fed.
After this banquet my soul doth say grace,
And praise thee for 't, and zealously embrace
Thy love, though I think thy love in this case
To be as gluttons, which say 'midst their meat,
They love that best of which they most do eat.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111111101 1111111101 1101111100 10101110100 110101111 010011111 0111110111 01010010111 011111 1011011111 01111010001 1111111011 1111011111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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