Analysis of Holy Sonnet V: I Am A Little World Made Cunningly
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
I am a little world made cunningly
Of elements, and an angelic sprite;
But black sin hath betrayed to endless night
My worlds both parts, and (oh!) both parts must die.
You which beyond that heaven which was most high
Have found new spheres, and of new lands can write,
Pour new seas in mine eyes, that so I might
Drown my world with my weeping earnestly,
Or wash it if it must be drowned no more:
But oh it must be burnt! alas the fire
Of lust and envy have burnt it heretofore,
And made it fouler: Let their flames retire,
And burn me, O Lord, with a fiery zeal
Of Thee and Thy house, which doth in eating heal.
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Metre | 11010111 110001101 1111011101 1111011111 11011101111 1111011111 1110111111 1111110100 1111111111 11111101010 1101011101 011111101 01111101001 11011110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 473 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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