Analysis of To Celia
NOT, Celia, that I juster am
Or better than the rest!
For I would change each hour, like them,
Were not my heart at rest.
But I am tied to very thee
By every thought I have;
Thy face I only care to see,
Thy heart I only crave.
All that in woman is adored
In thy dear self I find--
For the whole sex can but afford
The handsome and the kind.
Why then should I seek further store,
And still make love anew?
When change itself can give no more,
'Tis easy to be true!
Scheme | XAXA BXBX CDCD EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11011101 110101 111111011 011111 11111101 1100111 11110111 111101 11010101 011111 10111101 010001 11111101 011101 11011111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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