Analysis of La Bella Bona Roba. To My Lady H. Ode



I.
Tell me, ye subtill judges in loves treasury,
Inform me, which hath most inricht mine eye,
This diamonds greatnes, or its clarity?

II.
Ye cloudy spark lights, whose vast multitude
Of fires are harder to be found then view'd,
Waite on this star in her first magnitude.

III.
Calmely or roughly!  Ah, she shines too much;
That now I lye (her influence is such),
Chrusht with too strong a hand, or soft a touch.

IV.
Lovers, beware! a certaine, double harme
Waits your proud hopes, her looks al-killing charm
Guarded by her as true victorious arme.

V.
Thus with her eyes brave Tamyris spake dread,
Which when the kings dull breast not entered,
Finding she could not looke, she strook him dead.


Scheme ABAB ACCC ADDD XEEE BFXF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1 11111001100 011111111 110111100 1 110111110 11011011111 111100110 1 111011111 1111010011 1111011101 1 100101101 1111011101 10101101001 1 11011111 110111110 1011111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 760
Words 125
Sentences 13
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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