Analysis of Song of Nuns
James Shirley 1596 (London) – 1666 (London)
O fly, my soul! what hangs upon
Thy drooping wings,
And weighs them down
With love of gaudy mortal things?
The Sun is now i' the east; each shade,
As he doth rise,
Is shorter made,
That earth may lessen to our eyes.
Oh, be not careless then and play
Until the star of peace
Hide all his beams in dark recess.
Poor pilgrims needs must lose their way
When all the shadows do increase.
| Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEXDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 1101 0111 11110101 011110111 1111 1101 111101101 11110101 010111 11110101 11011111 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 390 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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