Analysis of Corydon's Supplication To Phyllis
Nicholas Breton 1558 (England) – 1626
Sweet Phyllis, if a silly swain
May sue to thee for grace,
See not thy loving shepherd slain
With looking on thy face;
But think what power thou hast got
Upon my flock and me;
Thou seest they now regard me not,
But all do follow thee.
And if I have so far presumed,
With prying in thine eyes,
Yet let not comfort be consumed
That in thy pity lies;
But as thou art that Phyllis fair,
That fortune favour gives,
So let not love die in despair
That in thy favour lives.
The deer do browse upon the briar,
The birds do pick the cherries;
And will not Beauty grant Desire
One handful of her berries?
If it be so that thou hast sworn
That none shall look on thee,
Yet let me know thou dost not scorn
To cast a look on me.
But if thy beauty make thee proud,
Think then what is ordain'd;
The heavens have never yet allow'd
That love should be disdain'd.
Then lest the fates that favour love
Should curse thee for unkind,
Let me report for thy behoof,
The honour of thy mind;
Let Corydon with full consent
Set down what he hath seen,
That Phyllida with Love's content
Is sworn the shepherds' queen.
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Metre | 11010101 111111 11110101 110111 11110111 011101 11110111 111101 01111101 110011 11110101 101101 11111101 11011 11111001 10111 011101010 0111010 011101010 111010 11111111 111111 11111111 110111 11110111 111101 010110101 111101 1101111 111101 1101111 01111 111101 111111 111110 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,062 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 36 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 848 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 212 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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