Analysis of Opposite To Meloncholly



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.


Scheme AABCBDEEFFGGHHIJ
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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William Strode

William Strode (c. 1602 – 1645) was an English poet, Doctor of Divinity and Public Orator of Oxford University, one of the Worthies of Devon of John Prince (d.1723). more…

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