This is an analysis of A Sheaf Of Snakes Used Heretofore To Be My Seal, The Crest Of Our Poor Family by John Donne.
ADOPTED in God's family and so
Our old coat lost, unto new arms I go.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabbccddeeeeffccgg
- Stanza lengths: 22,
- Metre: 0100110011 1111101111 01111100101 1111001101 10110111101 1111111101 1111110101 0111010111 1110011101 1111011101 0101111100 1101111111 1111010101 1110110111 1011011101 1101101101 1101111101 010101010101 1011011111 111111001 1111110111 0111011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 22
Repeated words/phrases
my, and
