Analysis of To a Lady asking him how long he would love her
Sir George Etherege 1636 (Maidenhead, Berkshire) – 1691 (Paris)
IT is not, Celia, in our power
To say how long our love will last;
It may be we within this hour
May lose those joys we now do taste;
The Blessed, that immortal be,
From change in love are only free.
Then since we mortal lovers are,
Ask not how long our love will last;
But while it does, let us take care
Each minute be with pleasure past:
Were it not madness to deny
To live because we're sure to die?
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111001010 111110111 111101110 11111111 0110101 11011101 11110101 111110111 11111111 11011101 01110101 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 423 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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