Analysis of Holy Sonnet II: As Due by Many Titles

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



As due by many titles I resigne
My selfe to thee, O God, first I was made
By thee, and for thee, and when I was decay'd
Thy blood bought that, the which before was thine;
I am thy sonne, made with thy selfe to shine,
Thy servant, whose paines thou hast still repaid,
Thy sheepe, thine Image, and, till I betray'd
My selfe, a temple of thy Spirit divine;
Why doth the devill then usurpe on mee?
Why doth he steale, nay ravish that's thy right?
Except thou rise and for thine own worke fight,
Oh I shall soone despaire, when I doe see
That thou lov'st mankind well, yet wilt'not chuse me,
And Satan hates mee, yet is loth to lose me.


Scheme ABBAABBACDDCCC
Poetic Form
Metre 111101011 1111111111 11011011101 1111010111 1111111111 1101111101 1111001101 11010111001 11011111 111111111 0111011111 111111111 11111111111 01011111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 639
Words 126
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 479
Words per stanza (avg) 124
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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