Analysis of Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

Barnabe Googe 1540 (England) – 1594



The oftener seen, the more I lust,
The more I lust, the more I smart,
The more I smart, the more I trust,
The more I trust, the heavier heart;
The heavy hearty breeds mine unrest,
Thy absence, therefore, like I best.
The rarer seen, the lest in mind,
The less in mind, the lesser pain,
The lesser pain, less grief I find,
The lesser grief, the greater gain,
The greater gain, the merrier I,
The further off, the more I joy,
The more I joy, the happier life,
The happier life, less hurts annoy,
The lesser hurts, pleasure most rife:
Such pleasures rife shall I obtain
When distance doth depart us twain.


Scheme ABABCCDEDEFGHGHEE
Poetic Form
Metre 010010111 01110111 01110111 011101001 010101101 1101111 01010101 01010101 01011111 01010101 010101001 01010111 011101001 010011101 01011011 11011101 11010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 594
Words 115
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 459
Words per stanza (avg) 113
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 12, 2023

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Barnabe Googe

Barnabe Googe or Gooche was a poet and translator, one of the earliest English pastoral poets. more…

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