Analysis of Balade
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)
HYD, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere;
Ester, ley thou thy meknesse al a-doun;
Hyd, Jonathas, al thy frendly manere;
Penalopee, and Marcia Catoun,
Mak of your wyfhod no comparisoun;
Hyde ye your beautes, Isoude and Eleyne;
My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne.
Thy faire body, lat hit nat appere,
Lavyne; and thou, Lucresse of Rome toun,
And Polixene, that boghten love so dere,
And Cleopatre, with al thy passioun,
Hyde ye your trouthe of love and your renoun;
And thou, Tisbe, that hast of love swich peyne;
My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne.
Herro, Dido, Laudomia, alle y-fere,
And Phyllis, hanging for thy Demophoun,
And Canace, espyed by thy chere,
Ysiphile, betraysed with Jasoun,
Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun;
Nor Ypermistre or Adriane, ye tweyne;
My lady cometh, that al this may distevne.
Scheme | ababbbB ababbbB ababbbb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 101111101 111111 10101 111111 1111101 1101011111 11101111 1011111 0111111 011111 111111011 011111111 1101011111 10101111 01010111 00101111 1111 11111111 111111 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 834 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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