Analysis of A Charm for a Mad Woman
Gabriel Harvey 1552 – 1631
O heavenly med'cine, panacea high,
Restore this raging woman to her health,
More worth than hugest sums of worldly wealth,
Exceedingly more worth than any wealth.
O light of grace and reason from the sky,
Illuminate her mad-conceited mind,
And melancholy cease her wits to blind,
Cease, fearful melancholy, her wits to blind.
| Scheme | ABBBACCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110010101 0111010101 1111011101 0100111101 1111010101 0100010101 010010111 1101000111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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