Analysis of Since I From Love
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)
Since I from Love escaped am so fat,
I ne'er think to be in his prison ta'en;
Since I am free, I count him not a bean.
He may answer, and saye this and that;
I do no force, I speak right as I mean;
Since I from Love escaped am so fat.
Love hath my name struck out of his slat,
And he is struck out of my bookes clean,
For ever more; there is none other mean;
Since I from Love escaped am so fat.
| Scheme | Axb abA abbA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111101111 11111011011 1111111101 111001101 1111111111 111101111 111111111 011111111 1101111101 111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 394 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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