Analysis of Poem 96
Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)
SHe tooke him streight full pitiously lamenting,
and wrapt him in her smock:
She wrapt him softly, all the while repenting,
that he the fly did mock.
She drest his wound and it embaulmed wel
with salue of soueraigne might:
And then she bath'd him in a dainty well
the well of deare delight.
Who would not oft be stung as this,
to be so bath'd in Venus blis.
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 111111010 011001 11110101010 110111 11110111 11111 0111100101 011101 11111111 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 278 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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