Analysis of Love that Doth Reign and Live
Henry Howard 1517 – 1547
Love that doth reign and live within my thought
And built his seat within my captive breast,
Clad in the arms wherein with me he fought,
Oft in my face he doth his banner rest.
But she that taught me love and suffer pain,
My doubtful hope and eke my hot desire
With shamefast look to shadow and refrain,
Her smiling grace converteth straight to ire.
And coward Love then to the heart apace
Taketh his flight, where he doth lurk and plain
His purpose lost, and dare not show his face.
For my lord's guilt thus faultless bide I pain;
Yet from my lord shall not my foot remove:
Sweet is the death that taketh end by love.
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Metre | 1111010111 0111011101 1001011111 1011111101 1111110101 11010111010 11111001 01011111 0101110101 1011111101 1101011111 111111111 1111111101 1101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 487 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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