Analysis of Though that Men do Call it Dotage
1 Though that men do call it dotage,
2 Who loveth not wanteth courage;
3 And whosoever may love get,
4 From Venus sure he must it fet
5 Or else from her which is her heir,
6 And she to him must seem most fair.
7 With eye and mind doth both agree.
8 There is no boot: there must it be.
9 The eye doth look and represent,
10 But mind afformeth with full consent.
11 Thus am I fixed without grudge:
12 Mine eye with heart doth me so judge.
13 Love maintaineth all noble courage.
14 Who love disdaineth is all of the village:
15 Such lovers--though they take pain--
16 It were pity they should obtain,
17 For often times where they do sue
18 They hinder lovers that would be true.
19 For whoso loveth should love but once.
20 Change whoso will, I will be none.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE AA AA FF GG XX |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1111111 111110 0010111 11011111 11101101 01111111 11011101 11111111 0111001 1111101 1111011 11111111 1111010 111111010 1101111 10101101 11011111 110101111 1111111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 819 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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