Analysis of Holy Sonnet VII: At the Round Earth's

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow
Your trumpets, Angells, and arise, arise
From death, you numberlesse infinities
Of soules, and to your scattred bodies goe,
All whom the flood did, and fire shall o'erthrow,
All whom warre, dearth, sage, agues, tyrannies,
Despaire, law chance, hath slaine, and you whose eyes,
Shall behold God, and never tast deaths woe.
But let them sleepe, Lord, and mee mourne a space,
For, if above all these, my sinnes abound,
'Tis late to aske abundance of thy grace,
When wee are there; here on this lowly ground,
Teach mee how to repent; for that's as good
As if thou'hadst seal'd my pardon, with thy blood.


Scheme ABBACDBAEFEFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010101 110100101 11111 110111101 1101101011 111111100 111110111 1011010111 1111101101 1101111101 1111010111 1111111101 1111011111 1111110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 650
Words 114
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 493
Words per stanza (avg) 112
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 25, 2023

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John Donne

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