Analysis of Delia: XXXI (1592 version): Look, Delia, how we 'steem the
Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619
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Look, Delia, how we 'steem the half-blown rose,
The image of thy blush and summer's honour,
Whilst in her tender green she doth enclose
That pure sweet beauty time bestows upon her.
No sooner spreads her glory in the air
But straight her full-blown pride is in declining;
She then is scorn'd that late adorn'd the fair:
So clouds thy beauty after fairest shining.
No April can revive thy wither'd flowers,
Whose blooming grace adorns thy beauty now;
Swift speedy time, feather'd with flying hours,
Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.
O let not then such riches waste in vain,
But love whilst that thou mayst be lov'd again.
Scheme | ABCBCCDCDEFECGH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 10 1101110111 0101110101 1001011101 11110101010 1101010001 11011110010 1111110101 11110101010 11010111010 1101011101 11011011010 0101010101 1111110101 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 676 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 503 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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