Analysis of Opposite To Meloncholly
William Strode 1602 – 1645
Returne my joyes, and hither bring
A tongue not made to speake but sing,
A jolly spleene, an inward feast,
A causelesse laugh without a jest,
A face which gladnesse doth anoynt,
An arm that springs out of his joynt,
A sprightfull gate that leaves no print,
And makes a feather of a flint,
A heart that's lighter than the ayre,
An eye still dancing in his spheare,
Strong mirth which nothing can controule,
A body nimbler than the soule,
Free wandring thoughts not tyde to muse
Which thinke on all things, nothing choose,
Which ere we see them come are gone;
These life itselfe doth feede upon.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 01111111 01011101 0110101 011111 11111111 0111111 01010101 01110101 11110011 1111011 0101101 1111111 11111101 11111111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 586 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 468 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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