Analysis of Love's Usury
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
For every hour that thou wilt spare me now,
I will allow,
Usurious God of Love, twenty to thee,
When with my brown, my grey hairs equal be;
Till then, Love, let my body reign, and let
Me travel, sojourn, snatch, plot, have, forget,
Resume my last year's relict: think that yet
We had never met.
Let me think any rival's letter mine,
And at next nine
Keep midnight's promise; mistake by the way
The maid, and tell the Lady of that delay;
Only let me love none, no, not the sport;
From country grass, to comfitures of Court,
Or city's quelque-choses, let report
My mind transport.
This bargain's good; if when I'am old, I be
Inflamed by thee,
If thine own honour, or my shame, or pain,
Thou covet, most at that age thou shalt gain.
Do thy will then, then subject and degree,
And fruit of love, Love, I submit to thee;
Spare me till then, I'll bear it, though she be
One that loves me.
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Metre | 110010111111 1101 11111011 1111111101 1111110101 1101011101 011111111 11101 1111010101 0111 111001101 01010101101 1011111101 11011111 11011101 1101 1111111111 0111 111111111 1101111111 1111101001 0111110111 1111111111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 867 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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