Analysis of The Knotting Song



"Hears not my Phyllis how the birds
Their feathered mates salute?
They tell their passion in their words:
Must I alone be mute?"
Phyllis, without frown or smile,
Sat and knotted all the while.

"The god of love in thy bright eyes
Does like a tyrant reign;
But in thy heart a child he lies,
Without his dart of flame."
Phyllis, without frown or smile,
Sat and knotted all the while.

"So many months in silence past,
And yet in raging love,
Might well deserve one word at last
My passion should approve."
Phyllis, without frown or smile,
Sat and knotted all the while.

"Must then your faithful swain expire,
And not one look obtain,
Which he, to soothe his fond desire,
Might pleasingly explain?"
Phyllis, without frown or smile,
Sat and knotted all the while.


Scheme ababCC dedxCC fxfxCC xexeCC
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 110101 11110011 110111 1001111 1010101 01110111 110101 10110111 011111 1001111 1010101 11010101 010101 11011111 110101 1001111 1010101 11110101 011101 111111010 110001 1001111 1010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 762
Words 142
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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