Analysis of The Pilgrim

John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)



Who would true Valour see
Let him come hither;
One here will Constant be,
Come Wind, come Weather.
There's no Discouragement,
Shall make him once Relent,
His first avow'd Intent,
To be a Pilgrim.

Who so beset him round,
With dismal Storys,
Do but themselves Confound;
His Strength the more is.
No Lyon can him fright,
He'l with a Gyant Fight,
But he will have a right,
To be a Pilgrim.

Hobgoblin, nor foul Fiend,
Can daunt his Spirit:
He knows, he at the end,
Shall Life Inherit.
Then Fancies fly away,
He'l fear not what men say,
He'l labour Night and Day,
To be a Pilgrim.


Scheme ababxccD eaexfffD xgxghhhD
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 11110 111101 11110 110100 111101 110101 11010 110111 1101 110101 11011 110111 111011 111101 11010 1111 11110 111101 11010 110101 1111111 111101 11010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 582
Words 109
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Bunyan

John Bunyan was an English Christian writer and preacher, who is well known for his book The Pilgrim's Progress. more…

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