219. Another
Sin is the cause of death; and sin's aloneThe cause of God's predestination:And from God's prescience of man's sin doth flowOur destination to eternal woe.
Words in this poem
- destination n.
- The act of destining or appointing. [L. destinatio determination: cf. F. destination destination.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
219. Another is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2, Project Gutenberg ebook #22421; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Robert Herrick, 219. Another, in Hesperides (1648), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #22421, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/herrick-hesperides/219-another.html, id L06230.
Form and metre
219. Another is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets. The lines average 9.8 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AABB aloneA · predestinationA · flowB · woeB
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Sin is the cause of death; and sin's alone | 10 | ········˘/ |
| The cause of God's predestination: | 9 | ······˘/˘ |
| And from God's prescience of man's sin doth flow | 10 | ···/˘····· |
| Our destination to eternal woe. | 10 | /·˘/˘·˘/˘· |
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