Analysis of To Phillis the Faire Sheeperdesse

Sir Edward Dyer 1543 ( Sharpham Park, Glastonbury) – 1607 ( chancel, St Saviour's)



My Phillis hath the morninge Sunne,
 at first to looke upon her:
And Phillis hath morne-waking birds,
 her risinge still to honour.
My Phillis hath prime-featherd flowres,
 that smile when she treads on them:
And Phillis hath a gallant flocke,
 that leapes since she dooth owne them.
But Phillis hath too hard a hart,
 alas, that she should have it:
It yeelds no mercie to desert,
 nor grace to those that crave it.
Sweete Sunne, when thou look'st on,
 pray her regard my moane!
Sweete birds, when you sing to her,
 to yeeld some pitty, woo her!
Sweet flowers that she treads on,
 tell her, her beauty deads one.
And if in life her love she nill agree me,
Pray her before I die, she will come see me.


Scheme ABCBCDEDFGHGAABBAAII
Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Metre 1101011 1111010 01011101 01111 1101111 1111111 01010101 1111111 11011101 0111111 1111110 1111111 1111111 100111 1111110 111110 1101111 1001011 01010111011 10011111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 696
Words 132
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 534
Words per stanza (avg) 129
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Edward Dyer

Sir Edward Dyer was an English courtier and poet. more…

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