Analysis of A Dialogue-Anthem

George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)



Alas, poor Death! Where is thy glory?
Where is thy famous force, thy ancient sting?

Alas, poor mortal, void of story!
Go spell and read how I have killed thy King.

Poor Death! And who was hurt thereby?
Thy curse being laid on Him makes thee accurst.

Let losers talk, yet thou shalt die;
These arms shall crush thee.

Spare not, do thy worst.
I shall be one day better than before;
Thou so much worse, that thou shalt be no more.


Scheme AB AB CD CA DEE
Poetic Form
Metre 011111110 1111011101 011101110 1101111111 11011111 1110111111 11011111 11111 11111 1111110101 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 425
Words 84
Sentences 12
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 3
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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George Herbert

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