Analysis of Holy Sonnet II: As Due By Many Titles I Resign

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



As due by many titles I resign
My self to Thee, O God; first I was made
By Thee, and for Thee, and when I was decayed
Thy blood bought that, the which before was Thine;
I am Thy son, made with Thy Self to shine,
Thy servant, whose pains Thou hast still repaid,
Thy sheep, thine image, and, till I betrayed
My self, a temple of Thy Spirit divine;
Why doth the devil then usurp on me?
Why doth he steal, nay ravish that's thy right?
Except thou rise and for thine own work fight,
Oh I shall soon despair, when I do see
That thou lov'st mankind well, yet wilt not choose me,
And Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me.


Scheme ABBAABBACDDCCC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010101 1111111111 11011011101 1111010111 1111111111 1101111101 1111001101 11010111001 110101111 111111111 0111011111 1111011111 11111111111 01011111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 610
Words 127
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 465
Words per stanza (avg) 125
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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John Donne

John Donne was an English poet, satirist, lawyer and a cleric in the Church of England. more…

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