Analysis of The Garment Of Good Ladies
Robert Henryson 1425 – 1500
Would my good Lady love me best,
And work after my will,
I should ane garment goodliest
Gar mak' her body till.
Of high honour should be her hood
Upon her head to wear,
Garnish'd with governance so good
No deeming should her deir.
Her sark should be, her body next,
Of chastity so white;
With shame and dread together mix'd,
The same should be perfyt.
Her kirtle should be of clear Constance,
Lasit with lesum love ,
The maillies of continuance,
For never to remove.
Her gown should be of goodliness,
Well ribbon'd with renown,
Purfill'd with pleasure in ilk place,
Furred with fine fashion.
Her belt should be of benignity
About her middle meet;
Her mantle of humility,
To thole baith wind and wet.
Her hat should be of fair having,
And her tippet of truth,
Her patelet of good pansing,
Her hats-ribbon of ruth.
Her sleeves should be of esperance,
To keep her from despair;
Her gloves of the good governance,
To hide her fingers fair.
Her shoon should be of sickerness,
In sign that she nought slide;
Her hose of honesty, I guess,
I should for her provide.
Would she put on this garment gay,
I durst swear by my seill,
That she wore never green nor gray
That set her half so weil.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XXXA EXEX EXXX AXXX FGFG EDED EHXH IBIX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (70%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 11110111 011011 111101 110101 1111101 010111 10110011 11101 01110101 110011 11010101 01111 01111110 1111 0110100 110101 011111 11101 1110011 11110 011111 010101 01010100 111101 01111110 001011 01111 011011 011111 110101 01101100 110101 011111 011111 01110011 111001 11111101 111111 11110111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,164 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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