Analysis of The Coronet
Andrew Marvell 1621 (Winestead) – 1678 (London)
When for the Thorns with which I long, too long,
With many a piercing wound,
My Saviours head have crown'd,
I seek with Garlands to redress that Wrong:
Through every Garden, every Mead,
I gather flow'rs (my fruits are only flow'rs)
Dismantling all the fragrant Towers
That once adorn'd my Shepherdesses head.
And now when I have summ'd up all my store,
Thinking (so I my self deceive)
So rich a Chaplet thence to weave
As never yet the king of Glory wore:
Alas I find the Serpent old
That, twining in his speckled breast,
About the flow'rs disguis'd does fold,
With wreaths of Fame and Interest.
Ah, foolish Man, that would'st debase with them,
And mortal Glory, Heavens Diadem!
But thou who only could'st the Serpent tame,
Either his slipp'ry knots at once untie,
And disintangle all his winding Snare:
Or shatter too with him my curious frame:
And let these wither, so that he may die,
Though set with Skill and chosen out with Care.
That they, while Thou on both their Spoils dost tread,
May crown thy Feet, that could not crown thy Head.
Scheme | ABBACDDEFGGFHIHJKKLMNLMNEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111111 1100101 11111 111110111 1100101001 1101111101 0100101010 1101111 0111111111 10111101 1101111 1101011101 01110101 11001101 01010111 1111010 11011110111 010101010 11110110101 101111101 0111101 11011111001 0111011111 1111010111 1111111111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,024 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 811 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 187 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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