Analysis of The Indifferent
Francis Beaumont 1584 (Grace-Dieu) – 1616 (London)
Never more will I protest,
To love a woman but in jest:
For as they cannot be true,
So, to give each man his due,
When the wooing fit is past
Their affection cannot last.
Therefore, if I chance to meet
With a mistress fair and sweet,
She my service shall obtain,
Loving her for love again:
Thus much liberty I crave,
Not to be a constant slave.
But when we have tried each other,
If she better like another,
Let her quickly change for me,
Then to change am I as free.
He or she that loves too long
Sell their freedom for a song.
Scheme | AABBCC DDXXEE FFGGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 11010101 1111011 1111111 1010111 1010101 111111 1010101 1110101 1001101 1110011 1110101 11111110 11101010 1010111 1111111 1111111 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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