Analysis of The forsaken lover describeth and forsaketh love
Henry Howard 1517 – 1547
O LOATHSOME place ! where I
Have seen, and heard my dear ;
When in my heart her eye
Hath made her thought appear,
By glimpsing with such grace,—
As fortune it ne would
That lasten any space,
Between us longer should.
As fortune did advance
To further my desire ;
Even so hath fortune's chance
Thrown all amidst the mire.
And that I have deserved,
With true and faithful heart,
Is to his hands reserved,
That never felt a smart.
But happy is that man
That scaped hath the grief,
That love well teach him can,
By wanting his relief.
A scourge to quiet minds
It is, who taketh heed ;
A common plage that binds ;
A travail without meed.
This gift it hath also :
Whoso enjoys it most,
A thousand troubles grow,
To vex his wearied ghost.
And last it may not long ;
The truest thing of all :
And sure the greatest wrong,
That is within this thrall.
But since thou, desert place,
Canst give me no account
Of my desired grace,
That I to have was wont ;
Farewell ! thou hast me taught,
To think me not the first
That love hath set aloft,
And casten in the dust.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EXEXFGFG HIHIJXJD KLKLMNMN CXCXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 110111 110111 101101 110101 11111 110111 11101 011101 110101 1101010 1011101 110101 011101 110101 111101 110101 110111 11101 111111 110101 011101 111101 010111 001011 111110 10111 010101 111101 011111 010111 010101 110111 111101 111101 110101 111111 11111 111101 111101 010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,022 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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