Analysis of Beauty Sat Bathing By A Spring



Beauty sat bathing by a spring,
Where fairest shades did hide her;
The winds blew calm, the birds did sing,
The cool streams ran beside her.
My wanton thoughts enticed mine eye
To see what was forbidden:
But better memory said, fie!
So, vain desire was chidden.
Hey nonny nonny O!
Hey nonny nonny!

Into a slumber then I fell,
When fond imagination
Seemed to see, but could not tell,
Her feature or her fashion.
But ev'n as babes in dreams do smile,
And sometimes fall a-weeping,
So I awaked, as wise this while
As when I fell a-sleeping:-
Hey nonny nonny O!
Hey nonny nonny!


Scheme ababxcxcDC ececfafaDC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 10110101 1101110 01110111 0111010 11010111 1111100 11010011 1101011 1111 111 01010111 110010 1111111 0101010 111110111 0011010 1111111 1111010 1111 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 574
Words 109
Sentences 9
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 10
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 222
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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