Analysis of Rime 43
Gaspara Stampa 1523 (Padua) – 1554 (Venice)
Harsh is my fortune, but harsher still is the fate
dealt me by my count: he flees from me,
I follow him; others long for me,
I cannot look at another man's face.
I hate him who loves me,love him who scorns me;
against the humble lover, my heart rebels,
but I am humble to him who kill my hope;
my soul longs for such harmful food.
He constantly gives me cause for anger,
while others seek to give me comfort and peace;
these I ignore, and I cling instead to him.
Thus in your school, Love, we receive
always the opposite of what we deserve:
the humble are despised, the heartless rewarded.
| Scheme | XAAX AXXX XXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101101101 111111111 110110111 1101101011 1111111111 01010101110 11110111111 11111101 1100111110 11011111001 11010110111 10111101 1010011101 010101010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 584 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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