Analysis of Love
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Verse 1
Tell me where is fancy bred, {he}
Or in the heart, or in the head?
How begot, how nourishèd? [nour-ish-ed]
Reply, reply.
It is engender’d in the eyes, {she}
With gazing fed;
and fancy dies, and fancy dies {together}
In the cradle where it lies.
Chorus
Let us all ring fancy’s knell; {he}
I’ll begin it, –ding, dong, bell.
Let us all ring fancy’s knell;
I’ll begin it, –ding, dong, bell.
Ding, dong, bell. {together}
(Harp /Strings Interlude)
Verse 2
Tell me where is fancy bred, {she}
Or in the heart or in the head?
How begot, how nourishèd?
Reply, reply.
It is engender’d in the eyes, {he}
With gazing fed; (fancy dies) {she}
and fancy dies, and fancy dies {together}
In the cradle where it lies.
Chorus 2
Let us all ring (let us all ring) {he & she alternating}
fancy’s knell; (ring fancy’s knell) I’ll begin it, –ding, dong, bell.
Let us all ring (let us all ring) fancy’s knell; (ring fancy’s knell)
I’ll begin it, –ding, dong, bell.
Ding, dong, bell.
Coda
Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong, bell.
Scheme | abCcDbcEF gbHhHe x abCbDbbEF gxhhHh xh |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11111011 10011001 1011101111 0101 1110011 1101 01010101010 0010111 10 1111111 1011111 111111 1011111 111010 1110 1 11111011 10011001 1011101 0101 1110011 11011011 01010101010 0010111 10 1111111111100 111111011111 1111111111111 1011111 111 10 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,050 |
Words | 203 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 6, 1, 9, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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