This is an analysis of The Call by Henry Vaughan.

1.
COME, my heart ! come, my head,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X ababccbdd X ebebfbfbaa X gfgfeeggaX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,9,1,10,1,10,
  • Metre: 1 111111 0111 11111111 1100 0101 1101 0110 11010111 1010111 1 1111101 1101 11111101 0101 1101 0110 0101 1111 11110101 11111001 1 11110101 1111 111100011 1101 1111 1101 01 010111 11110110 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 34