Analysis of The Pink

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



Fair one, you did on me bestow
Comparisons too sweet to ow;
And but I found them sent from you
I durst not think they could be true.
But 'tis your uncontrolled power
Goddess-like to produce a flower,
And by your breath, without more seed,
Make that a Pink which was a Weed.
Because I would be loth to miss
So sweet a Metamorphosis,
Upon what stalk soere I grow
Disdain not you sometimes to blow
And cherish by your Virgin eye
What in your frown would droop and die:
So shall my thankful leaf repay
Perfumed wishes every day:
And o're your fortune breathe a spell
Which may his obligation tell,
Who though he nought but air can give
Must ever your (Sweet) creature live.


Scheme AABBCCDDEFAAGGHHIIJK
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111101 01001111 01111111 11111111 1110110 101101010 01110111 11011101 01111111 1100100 0111111 01110111 01011101 10111101 11110101 01101001 011110101 1110101 11111111 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 677
Words 128
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 527
Words per stanza (avg) 126
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 12, 2023

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Henry King

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