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.
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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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