Analysis of A Short Hymn Upon The Birth Of Prince Charles

Sir Henry Wotton 1568 (parish) – 1639 (chapel of Eton College)



You that on Stars do look,
Arrest not there your sight,
Though Natures fairest Book,
And signed with propitious light;
Our Blessing now is more Divine,
Then Planets that at Noon did shine.

To thee alone be praise,
From whom our Joy descends,
Thou Chearer of our Days,
Of Causes first, and last of Ends;
To thee this May we sing, by whom
Our Roses from the Lilies bloom.

Upon this Royal Flower,
Sprung from the chastest Bed,
Thy glorious sweetness shower,
And first let Myrtles Crown his Head;
Then Palms and Lawrels wreath'd between;
But let the Cypress late be seen.

And so succeeding men,
When they the fulness see
Of this our Joy, shall then
In consort joyn as well as we,
To celebrate his Praise above,
That spreads our Land with fruits of Love.


Scheme ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 011111 110101 0110101 101011101 11011111 110111 1110101 111101 11010111 11111111 101010101 0111010 11011 11001010 01110111 1101101 11010111 010101 11011 1110111 00111111 1101101 111011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 736
Words 139
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Henry Wotton

Sir Henry Wotton was an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. more…

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