Analysis of Delicious Beauty That Doth Lie
John Marston 1576 (Coventry) – 1634 (Hampshire)
DELICIOUS Beauty, that doth lie
Wrapped in a skin of ivory,
Lie still, lie still upon thy back,
And, Fancy, let no sweet dreams lack
To tickle her, to tickle her with pleasing thoughts.
But if thy eyes are open full,
Then deign to view an honest gull
That stands, that stands expecting still
When that thy casement open will;
And bless his eyes, and bless his eyes with one kind glance.
| Scheme | XXAAX XXBBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01010111 10011100 11110111 01011111 110011001101 11111101 11111101 11110101 1111101 011101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 394 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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