Analysis of Amarillis I Did Woo

George Wither 1588 (Bentworth) – 1667



Amarillis I did woo,
And I courted Phillis too;
Daphne, for her love, I chose;
Cloris, for that damask rose
In her cheek, I held as dear;
Yea, a thousand liked well near.
And, in love with all together,
Fearèd the enjoying either;
'Cause to be of one possest,
Barred the hope of all the rest.


Scheme AABBCCDDEE
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1111 0110101 1010111 111101 0011111 1010111 00111010 11001010 111111 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 292
Words 58
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 220
Words per stanza (avg) 56
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Wither

George Wither was an English poet, pamphleteer, and satirist. He was a prolific writer who adopted a deliberate plainness of style; he was several times imprisoned. C. V. Wedgwood wrote "every so often in the barren acres of his verse is a stretch enlivened by real wit and observation, or fired with a sudden intensity of feeling". more…

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