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 |
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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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