Analysis of New Prince New Pomp
Robert Southwell 1561 (Horsham St Faith) – 1595
Behold, a seely tender babe
In freezing winter night
In homely manger trembling lies;
Alas, a piteous sight!
The inns are full, no man will yield
This little pilgrim bed,
But forced he is with seely beasts
In crib to shroud his head.
Despise him not for lying there,
First, what he is enquire,
An orient pearl is often found
In depth of dirty mire.
Weigh not his crib, his wooden dish,
Nor beasts that by him feed;
Weigh not his mother's poor attire
Nor Joseph's simple weed.
This stable is a prince's court,
This crib his chair of state,
The beasts are parcel of his pomp,
The wooden dish his plate.
The persons in that poor attire
His royal liveries wear;
The prince himself is come from heaven;
This pomp is prized there.
With joy approach, O Christian right,
Do homage to thy king;
And highly prize his humble pomp
Which he from heaven doth bring.
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIJKLHLMNONHGPGBQOQ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 010101 010101001 01011 01111111 110101 11111101 011111 01111101 1111010 11011101 011101 11111101 111111 111101010 110101 11010101 111111 01110111 010111 010011010 11011 010111110 11111 11011101 110111 01011101 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 896 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 666 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 157 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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