Analysis of My Dear and Only Love
James Graham 1612 (Edinburgh) – 1650 (Edinburgh)
My dear and only Love, I pray
This noble world of thee
Be govern'd by no other sway
But purest monarchy;
For if confusion have a part,
Which virtuous souls abhor,
And hold a synod in thy heart,
I'll never love thee more.
Like Alexander I will reign,
And I will reign alone,
My thoughts shall evermore disdain
A rival on my throne.
He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small,
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
But I must rule and govern still,
And always give the law,
And have each subject at my will,
And all to stand in awe.
But 'gainst my battery, if I find
Thou shunn'st the prize so sore
As that thou sett'st me up a blind,
I'll never love thee more.
Or in the empire of thy heart,
Where I should solely be,
Another do pretend a part
And dares to vie with me;
Or if committees thou erect,
And go on such a score,
I'll sing and laugh at thy neglect,
And never love thee more.
But if thou wilt be constant then,
And faithful of thy word,
I'll make thee glorious by my pen
And famous by my sword:
I'll serve thee in such noble ways
Was never heard before;
I'll crown and deck thee all with bays,
And love thee evermore.
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Poetic Form | Etheree (28%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010111 110111 11011101 110100 11010101 1100101 01010011 110111 1010111 011101 1111001 010111 11011111 111011 11111001 111111 11110101 01101 01101111 011101 111100111 110111 11111101 110111 100100111 1111001 01010101 011111 11010101 011101 11011101 010111 11111101 010111 111100111 010111 11101101 110101 11011111 01110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,268 |
Words | 234 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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