This is an analysis of Love And Discipline by Henry Vaughan.

Since in a land not barren still
(Because Thou dost Thy grace distill)…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaa aaa bbb bbb bbb ccc
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Metre: 10011101 01111101 110101010 11110111 110011111 11111011 10111111 11010011 11110111 01111001 01111101 01111001 111100101 11111111 01111101 11110101 11111111 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

blest, be, thy

Anaphora

and, the