Analysis of Of Beauty and Duty
Dante Alighieri 1265 (Florence) – 1321 (Ravenna)
TWO ladies to the summit of my mind
Have clomb, to hold an argument of love.
The one has wisdom with her from above,
For every noblest virtue well designed:
The other, beauty's tempting power refined
And the high charm of perfect grace approve:
And I, as my sweet Master's will doth move,
At feet of both their favors am reclined.
Beauty and Duty in my soul keep strife,
At question if the heart such course can take
And 'twixt the two ladies hold its love complete.
The fount of gentle speech yields answer meet,
That Beauty may be loved for gladness sake,
And Duty in the lofty ends of life
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Metre | 1101010111 1111110011 0111010101 11001010101 0101101001 0011101101 0111110111 1111110101 1001001111 1101011111 01011011101 0111011101 110111111 0100010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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