Analysis of Dulce desdén

Lope de Vega 1562 (Madrid) – 1635 (Madrid)



Dulce desdén, si el daño que me haces
de la suerte que sabes te agradezco,
qué haré si un bien de tu rigor merezco,
pues sólo con el mal me satisfaces.

No son mis esperanzas pertinaces                
por quien los males de tu bien padezco
sino la gloria de saber que ofrezco
alma y amor de tu rigor capaces.

Dame algún bien, aunque con él me prives
de padecer por ti, pues por ti muero              
si a cuenta dél mis lágrimas recibes.

Mas ¿cómo me darás el bien que espero?,
si en darme males tan escaso vives
que ¡apenas tengo cuantos males quiero!


Scheme ABBA ABBA ACA CAC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 1111111 1111111101 11111111 11111 11111111 10110011011 1011011101 111111111 11111111 101111111 1111111111 1111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 567
Words 104
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 04, 2023

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Lope de Vega

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