Analysis of Fie On Love
Francis Beaumont 1584 (Grace-Dieu) – 1616 (London)
Now fie on foolish love, it not befits
Or man or woman know it.
Love was not meant for people in their wits,
And they that fondly show it
Betray the straw, and features in their brain,
And shall have Bedlam for their pain:
If simple love be such a curse,
To marry is to make it ten times worse.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011101 1111011 1111110011 0111011 0101010011 01110111 11011101 1101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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