Analysis of Phyllis Is My Only Joy
Phyllis is my only joy,
Faithless as the winds or seas;
Sometimes coming, sometimes coy,
Yet she never fails to please;
If with a frown
I am cast down,
Phyllis smiling,
And beguiling,
Makes me happier than before.
Though, alas! too late I find
Nothing can her fancy fix,
Yet the moment she is kind
I forgive her all her tricks;
Which, though I see,
I can't get free;
She deceiving,
I believing;
What need lovers wish for more?
| Scheme | ABABCCDDE FGFGHHDDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 110111 0110011 1110111 1101 1111 1010 0010 11100101 1011111 1010101 1010111 1010101 1111 1111 1010 1010 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 433 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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