Analysis of Fairy Revels
John Lyly 1553 (Canterbury) – 1606 (London)
Pinch him, pinch him, black and blue,
Saucy mortals must not view
What the queen of stars is doing,
Nor pry into our fairy wooing.
Pinch him blue-
And pinch him black-
Let him not lack
Sharp nails to pinch him blue and red,
Till sleep has rocked his addlehead.
For the trespass he hath done,
Spots o'er all his flesh shall run.
Kiss Endymion, kiss his eyes,
Then to our midnight heidegye
| Scheme | AABBACCDDEEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 1010111 10111110 1101101010 111 0111 1111 11111101 111111 101111 11011111 11111 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 301 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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