Analysis of Maesia's Song
Robert Greene 1558 (Tombland) – 1592 (London)
SWEET are the thoughts that savor of content;
The quiet mind is richer than a crown;
Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent;
The poor estate scorns Fortune's angry frown.
Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss,
Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss.
The homely house that harbors quiet rest;
The cottage that affords no pride nor care;
The mean that 'grees with country music best;
The sweet consort of mirth and music's fare;
Obscurèd life sets down a type of bliss:
A mind content both crown and kingdom is.
| Scheme | ABABCC DEDECX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110110 0101110101 1101010101 0101110101 1110111111 1001110111 0101110101 0101011111 0111110101 0101110101 111110111 0110110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 544 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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