Analysis of Fragment
Christopher Marlowe 1564 (Canterbury, Kent) – 1593 (Deptford, Kent)
I WALK'D along a stream, for pureness rare,
Brighter than sun-shine; for it did acquaint
The dullest sight with all the glorious prey
That in the pebble-paved channel lay.
No molten crystal, but a richer mine,
Even Nature's rarest alchymy ran there,--
Diamonds resolv'd, and substance more divine,
Through whose bright-gliding current might appear
A thousand naked nymphs, whose ivory shine,
Enamelling the banks, made them more dear
Than ever was that glorious palace' gate
Where the day-shining Sun in triumph sate.
Upon this brim the eglantine and rose,
The tamarisk, olive, and the almond tree,
As kind companions, in one union grows,
Folding their twining arms, as oft we see
Turtle-taught lovers either other close,
Lending to dulness feeling sympathy;
And as a costly valance o'er a bed,
So did their garland-tops the brook o'erspread.
Their leaves, that differ'd both in shape and show,
Though all were green, yet difference such in green,
Like to the checker'd bent of Iris' bow,
Prided the running main, as it had been--
Scheme | ABCC DADEDEFF GHGHXHXB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101111 1011111101 01011101001 100101101 1101010101 101010111 1001010101 1111010101 01010111001 1011111 11011100101 1011010101 011101001 01001000101 1101001101 1011011111 1011010101 101110100 0101011001 111101011 1111010101 11011100101 1101011101 1001011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,015 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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