Analysis of Love's Emblems
NOW the lusty spring is seen;
Golden yellow, gaudy blue,
Daintily invite the view:
Everywhere on every green
Roses blushing as they blow,
And enticing men to pull,
Lilies whiter than the snow,
Woodbines of sweet honey full:
All love's emblems, and all cry,
'Ladies, if not pluck'd, we die.'
Yet the lusty spring hath stay'd;
Blushing red and purest white
Daintily to love invite
Every woman, every maid:
Cherries kissing as they grow,
And inviting men to taste,
Apples even ripe below,
Winding gently to the waist:
All love's emblems, and all cry,
'Ladies, if not pluck'd, we die.'
Scheme | abbacdcdEE fggfchchEE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1010111 1010101 10101 1011001 1010111 0010111 1010101 111101 1110011 1011111 1010111 1010101 11101 100101001 1010111 0010111 1010101 1010101 1110011 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 224 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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