Analysis of Corinna
Thomas Campion 1567 – 1620
When to her lute Corinna sings,
Her voice revives the leaden strings,
And doth in highest notes appear
As any challenged echo clear.
But when she doth of mourning speak,
Even with her sighs the strings do break.
And as her lute doth live or die;
Led by her passion, so must I.
For when of pleasure she doth sing,
My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring;
But if she doth of sorrow speak,
Even from my heart the strings do break.
Scheme | AABBCD EEFFCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11111101 101010111 01011111 11010111 11110111 11010101 11111101 101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 418 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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