Analysis of Holy Sonnet XV: Wilt Thou Love God, As He Thee? Then Digest
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
Wilt thou love God, as he thee? Then digest,
My soul, this wholesome meditation,
How God the Spirit, by angels waited on
In heaven, doth make his Temple in thy breast.
The Father having begot a Son most blest,
And still begetting, (for he ne'er be gone)
Hath deigned to choose thee by adoption,
Co-heir t' his glory, and Sabbath' endless rest.
And as a robbed man, which by search doth find
His stol'n stuff sold, must lose or buy 't again:
The Son of glory came down, and was slain,
Us whom he'd made, and Satan stol'n, to unbind.
'Twas much that man was made like God before,
But, that God should be made like man, much more.
Scheme | ABCAADBAEFGAHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 11110010 11010110101 01011110011 01010010111 0101011111 111111010 111110010101 0101111111 111111111101 0111011011 11110101111 1111111101 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 622 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 473 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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