This is an analysis of Unprofitableness by Henry Vaughan.

How rich, O Lord! how fresh thy visits are!
'Twas but just now my bleak leaves hopeless hung…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcabcdaedaXefgefg
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111111101 100111 1101111101 11110110111 110011 1111011101 1101110111 110111 1101111101 1011001111 111011 1111111100 1111010111 010111 1111010111 1111011101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

and, their

Anaphora

their