Analysis of To Roses in the Bosom of Castara

William Habington 1605 (Hindlip Hall) – 1654



YE blushing virgins happy are
   In the chaste nunnery of her breasts--
For he'd profane so chaste a fair,
   Whoe'er should call them Cupid's nests.

Transplanted thus how bright ye grow!
   How rich a perfume do ye yield!
In some close garden cowslips so
   Are sweeter than i' th' open field.

In those white cloisters live secure
   From the rude blasts of wanton breath!--
Each hour more innocent and pure,
   Till you shall wither into death.

Then that which living gave you room,
   Your glorious sepulchre shall be.
There wants no marble for a tomb
   Whose breast hath marble been to me.


Scheme XAXA BCBC DEDE FGFG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010101 001100101 11011101 111111 01011111 11001111 0111011 1101111101 01110101 10111101 110110001 11110011 11110111 1100111 11110101 11110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 602
Words 105
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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