Analysis of Chloris in the Snow
William Strode 1602 – 1645
I SAW fair Chloris walk alone,
When feather'd rain came softly down,
As Jove descending from his Tower
To court her in a silver shower:
The wanton snow flew to her breast,
Like pretty birds into their nest,
But, overcome with whiteness there,
For grief it thaw'd into a tear:
Thence falling on her garments' hem,
To deck her, froze into a gem.
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 11011101 110101110 110001010 01011101 11010111 1101101 11110101 11010101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 357 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 267 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
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