Analysis of Dear Pretty Youth
Thomas Shadwell 1642 (Weeting or Lynford, Norfolk) – 1692 (London)
Dear pretty youth, unveil your eyes,
How can you sleep when I am by?
Were I with you all night to be,
Methinks I could from sleep be free.
Alas, my dear, you're cold as stone:
You must no longer lie alone.
But be with me my dear, and I in each arm
Will hug you close and keep you warm.
| Scheme | ABCCDDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 11111111 01111111 1111111 01111111 11110101 11111101011 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 286 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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