Analysis of Quickness
Henry Vaughan 1621 (Brecknockshire) – 1695
False life, a foil and no more, when
Wilt thou be gone?
Thou foul deception of all men
That would not have the true come on.
Thou art a moon-like toil, a blind
Self-posing state,
A dark contest of waves and wind,
A mere tempestuous debate.
Life is a fixed, discerning light,
A knowing joy;
No chance or fit, but ever bright
And calm and full, yet doth not cloy.
'Tis such a blissful thing that still
Doth vivify
And shine and smile and hath the skill
To please without eternity.
Thou art a toilsome mole, or less;
A moving mist;
But life is what none can express:
A quickness which my God hath kissed.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE FXFX GHGH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Tetractys (30%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11010111 1111 11010111 11110111 11011101 1101 01101101 0110001 11010101 0101 11111101 01011111 11010111 11 01010101 11010100 1101111 0101 11111101 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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