Analysis of A Wreath
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
A wreathed garland of deserved praise,
Of praise deserved, unto thee I give,
I give to thee, who knowest all my wayes,
My crooked winding wayes, wherein I live,
Wherein I die, not live : for life is straight,
Straight as a line, and ever tends to thee,
To thee, who art more farre above deceit,
Then deceit seems above simplicitie.
Give me simplicitie, that I may live,
So live and like, that I may know thy wayes,
Know them and practise them : then shall I give
For this poore wreath, give thee a crown of praise.
| Scheme | ABACDEFDCABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101011 110110111 111111111 1101010111 0111111111 1101010111 1111110101 1011011 1111111 1101111111 110111111 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 511 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 395 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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