Analysis of Come, come ! what do I here?

Henry Vaughan 1621 (Brecknockshire) – 1695



COME, come ! what do I here ?
           Since he is gone
Each day is grown a dozen year
           And each hour, one ;
               Come, come !
               Cut off the sum :
           By these soil'd tears !
               Which only Thou
                Know'st to be true,
           Days are my fears.
2.

There's not a wind can stir,
           Or beam pass by,
But straight I think, though far,
           Thy hand is nigh.
                Come, come !
                Strike these lips dumb :
           This restless breath,
                That soils Thy name,
                Will ne'er be tame
           Until in death.
3.

Perhaps some think a tomb
           No house of store,
But a dark and seal'd up womb,
           Which ne'er breeds more.
                 Come, come !
                 Such thoughts benumb :
           But I would be
                 With him I weep
                 Abed, and sleep,
           To wake in Thee.


Scheme xxxxAaxxxxb xcxcAadeedb fgfgAahiih
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1111 11110101 01101 11 1101 1111 1101 11111 1111 1 110111 1111 111111 1111 11 1111 1101 1111 1111 0101 1 011101 1111 1010111 1111 11 111 1111 1111 0101 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 959
Words 126
Sentences 14
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 11, 11, 10
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Vaughan

Henry Vaughan was a Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet. Vaughan and his twin brother, the hermetic philosopher and alchemist Thomas Vaughan, were the sons of Thomas Vaughan and his wife Denise of 'Trenewydd', Newton, in Brecknockshire, Wales. Their grandfather, William, was the owner of Tretower Court. Vaughan spent most of his life in the village of Llansantffraed, near Brecon, where he is also buried. more…

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