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 |
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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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