Analysis of The Church Floore
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
MArk you the floore? that square & speckled stone,
Which looks so firm and strong,
Is Patience:
And th’ other black and grave, where with each one
Is checker’d all along,
Humilitie:
The gentle rising, which on either hand
Leads to the Quire above,
Is Confidence:
But the sweet cement, which in one sure band
Ties the whole frame, is Love
And Charitie.
Hither sometimes Sinne steals, and stains
The marbles neat and curious veins:
But all is cleansed when the marble weeps.
Sometimes Death, puffing at the Doore,
Blows all the dust about the floore:
But while he thinks to spoil the room, he sweeps.
Blest be the Architect, whose art
Could build so strong in a weak heart.
Scheme | XAB XAC CDB CDC EEFGGF CC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 110111101 111101 110 011101011111 11101 1 0101011101 110101 1100 1010110111 101111 01 10011101 010101001 111110101 01110101 11010101 1111110111 1101011 11110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 962 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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