Analysis of On Chloris Walking in the Snow
William Strode 1602 – 1645
I saw fair Chloris walk alone,
Whilst feather'd rain came softly down,
And Jove descended from his tower
To court her in a silver shower.
The wanton snow flew on her breast
Like little birds unto their nest;
But overcome with whiteness there,
For grief it thaw'd into a tear;
Thence falling on her garment's hem,
To deck her, froze into a gem.
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 11011101 010101110 110001010 01011101 11011011 1101101 11110101 1101011 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 269 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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