Analysis of Hot Sun, Cool Fire
George Peele 1556 (London) – 1596 (London)
Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air,
Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair.
Shine, sun; burn, fire; breathe, air, and ease me;
Black shade, fair nurse, shroud me and please me.
Shadow, my sweet nurse, keep me from burning;
Make not my glad cause cause of mourning.
Let not my beauty's fire
Inflame unstaid desire,
Nor pierce any bright eye
That wandereth lightly.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1111010111 11111111 1111011011 111111011 111111110 111111110 111110 011010 111011 1110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 394 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 291 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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