Analysis of Son-Days
Henry Vaughan 1621 (Brecknockshire) – 1695
Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss,
Heaven once a week;
The next world's gladness prepossest in this;
A day to seek;
Eternity in time; the steps by which
We Climb above all ages; Lamps that light
Man through his heap of dark days; and the rich,
And full redemption of the whole week's flight.
The Pulleys unto headlong man; time's bower;
The narrow way;
Transplanted Paradise; God's walking hour;
The Cool o'th' day;
The Creatures' _Jubilee_; God's parle with dust;
Heaven here; Man on the hills of Myrrh, and flowers;
Angels descending; the Returns of Trust;
A Gleam of glory, after six-days'-showers.
The Church's love-feasts; Time's Prerogative,
And Interest
Deducted from the whole; The Combs, and hive,
And home of rest.
The milky way chalked out with suns; a clue
That guides through erring hours; and in full story
A taste of Heav'n on earth; the pledge, and cue
Of a full feast: And the Out Courts of glory.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH XGXXIJIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 10101 0111101 0111 0100010111 1101110111 1111111001 0101010111 0101011110 0101 0101011010 011111 01011111 101110111010 1001000111 01110101110 0101110100 010 0101010101 0111 0101111101 111101000110 0111110101 10110011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 944 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 239 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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