Analysis of I Do Not Love Thee For That Fair
Thomas Carew 1595 (West Wickham) – 1640
I do not love thee for that fair
Rich fan of thy most curious hair;
Though the wires thereof be drawn
Finer than threads of lawn,
And are softer than the leaves
On which the subtle spider weaves.
I do not love thee for those flowers
Growing on thy cheeks, love's bowers;
Though such cunning them hath spread,
None can paint them white and red:
Love's golden arrows thence are shot,
Yet for them I love thee not.
I do not love thee for those soft
Red coral lips I've kissed so oft,
Nor teeth of pearl, the double guard
To speech whence music still is heard;
Though from those lips a kiss being taken
Mighty tyrants melt, and death awaken.
I do not love thee, O my fairest,
For that richest, for that rarest
Silver pillar, which stands under
Thy sound head, that globe of wonder;
Though that neck be whiter far
Than towers of polished ivory are.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF XXXXGG XXHHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 111111001 1010111 101111 0110101 11010101 111111110 10111110 1110111 1111101 11010111 1111111 11111111 11011111 11110101 11110111 1111011010 1010101010 111111110 11101110 10101110 11111110 1111101 1101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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