Analysis of Sephestia's Lullaby
Robert Greene 1558 (Tombland) – 1592 (London)
WEEP not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;
When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee.
Mother's wag, pretty boy,
Father's sorrow, father's joy;
When thy father first did see
Such a boy by him and me,
He was glad, I was woe;
Fortune changed made him so,
When he left his pretty boy,
Last his sorrow, first his joy.
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;
When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee.
Streaming tears that never stint,
Like pearl-drops from a flint,
Fell by course from his eyes,
That one another's place supplies;
Thus he grieved in every part,
Tears of blood fell from his heart,
When he left his pretty boy,
Father's sorrow, father's joy.
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;
When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee.
The wanton smiled, father wept,
Mother cried, baby leapt;
More he crow'd, more we cried,
Nature could not sorrow hide:
He must go, he must kiss
Child and mother, baby bliss,
For he left his pretty boy,
Father's sorrow, father's joy.
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee,
When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 11111110111 101101 1010101 1110111 1011101 111111 101111 1111101 1110111 1111010111 11111110111 1011101 111101 111111 11010101 11101001 1111111 1111101 1010101 1111010111 11111110111 0101101 101101 111111 1011101 111111 1010101 1111101 1010101 1111010111 11111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,160 |
Words | 203 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 817 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 201 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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