This is an analysis of Come, Come ! What Do I Here? by Henry Vaughan.

COME, come ! what do I here ?
Since he is gone…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababCcdeedX XfafCcgccgX cacaCXfhhf
  • Stanza lengths: 11,11,10,
  • Metre: 111111 1101 11010101 11101 11 1101 1111 1101 1001 1111 1 110111 1111 111111 1101 11 1111 0101 1111 0101 0101 1 011101 1101 1011111 1111 11 1110 1110 0111 0111 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 32