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
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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