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 |
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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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