Analysis of The Silent Lover ii
Sir Walter Raleigh 1552 (Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon) – 1618 (London)
WRONG not, sweet empress of my heart,
The merit of true passion,
With thinking that he feels no smart,
That sues for no compassion.
Silence in love bewrays more woe
Than words, though ne'er so witty:
A beggar that is dumb, you know,
May challenge double pity.
Then wrong not, dearest to my heart,
My true, though secret passion;
He smarteth most that hides his smart,
And sues for no compassion.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110111 0101110 11011111 1111010 1001111 1111110 01011111 1101010 11110111 1111010 1111111 0111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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