Analysis of Tell Me No More How Fair She Is

Henry King 1592 (Worminghall, Buckinghamshire) – 1669 (Chichester)



TELL me no more how fair she is,
I have no minde to hear
The story of that distant bliss
I never shall come near:
By sad experience I have found
That her perfection is my wound.

And tell me not how fond I am
To tempt a daring Fate,
From whence no triumph ever came,
But to repent too late:
There is some hope ere long I may
In silence dote my self away.

I ask no pity (Love) from thee,
Nor will thy justice blame,
So that thou wilt not envy me
The glory of my flame:
Which crowns my heart when ere it dyes,
In that it falls her sacrifice.


Scheme XXXXAA XBCBDD ECECXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 111111 01011101 110111 110100111 10010111 01111111 110101 11110101 110111 11111111 01011101 11110111 111101 11111101 010111 11111111 0111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 545
Words 115
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry King

Henry King was an English poet who served as Bishop of Chichester. more…

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