Analysis of Sir Henry Wotton, and Serjeant Hoskins Riding On The Way

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



Ho. Noble, lovely, vertuous Creature,
Purposely so fram'd by Nature
To enthral your servants wits.

Wo. Time must now unite our hearts:
Not for any more deserts,
But because (me thinks) it fits.

Ho. Dearest treasure of my thought,
And yet wert thou to be bought
With my life, thou wert not dear.

Wo. Secret comfort of my mind,
Doubt no longer to be kind,
But be so and so appear.

Ho. Give me love for love again,
Let our loves be clear and plain,
Heaven is fairest, when 'tis clearest.

Wo. Lest in clouds, and in differring,
We resemble Seamen erring,
Farthest off, when we are nearest.

Ho. Thus with numbers interchanged,
Wotton's Muse and mine have ranged,
Verse and Journey both are spent.

Wo. And if Hoskins chance to say,
That we well have spent the day,
I, for my part, am content.


Scheme AAB XXB CXD EED XXX FFX CXG HHG
Poetic Form
Metre 11010110 10011110 1011101 11111101 1110110 1011111 11010111 0111111 1111111 11010111 1110111 1110101 11111101 11011101 101101110 1101001 10101010 10111110 111101 110111 1010111 10110111 1111101 1111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 773
Words 147
Sentences 17
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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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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