Every planet above, and every star
Gaspara Stampa 1523 (Padua) – 1554 (Venice)
Every planet above, and every star,
Gave my lord their powers at his birth:
Each one gave him of their special worth,
To make a single perfect mortal here.
Saturn gave him depths of understanding,
Jupiter for fine actions gave desire,
Mars a greater skill than most in warfare,
Phoebus, elegance and wit in speaking.
Venus beauty too, and gentleness,
Mercury eloquence, but then the moon
Made him too cold for me, in iciness.
Each of these graces, each rare boon,
Make me burn for his fierce brightness,
And yet he freezes, through that one alone.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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Scheme | XAAXBXXB CDCDCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 542 |
Words | 98 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
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