Analysis of A Jet Ring Sent
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
Thou art not so black as my heart,
Nor half so brittle as her heart, thou art ;
What would'st thou say ? shall both our properties by thee be spoke,
—Nothing more endless, nothing sooner broke?
Marriage rings are not of this stuff ;
Oh, why should ought less precious, or less tough
Figure our loves ? except in thy name thou have bid it say,
'—I'm cheap, and nought but fashion ; fling me away.'
Yet stay with me since thou art come,
Circle this finger's top, which didst her thumb ;
Be justly proud, and gladly safe, that thou dost dwell with me ;
She that, O ! broke her faith, would soon break thee.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111111 1111010111 1111111101001111 1011010101 10111111 1111110111 101010101111111 11011101101 11111111 101111101 11010101111111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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