Analysis of Silvia

William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)



WHO is Silvia? What is she?
   That all our swains commend her?
Holy, fair, and wise is she;
   The heaven such grace did lend her,
That she might admired be.

Is she kind as she is fair?
   For beauty lives with kindness:
Love doth to her eyes repair,
   To help him of his blindness;
And, being help'd, inhabits there.

Then to Silvia let us sing,
   That Silvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing
   Upon the dull earth dwelling:
To her let us garlands bring.


Scheme ABABA CDCDC EEEEE
Poetic Form
Metre 11100111 11101010 1010111 01011110 1110101 1111111 1101110 1110101 1111110 01010101 11100111 11001010 1011101 0101110 101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 476
Words 87
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". more…

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