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 |
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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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