Analysis of A Coronet for his Mistress, Philosophy

George Chapman 1559 (Hitchin) – 1634



Muses that sing love's sensual empery,
   And lovers kindling your enraged fires
   At Cupid's bonfires burning in the eye,
   Blown with the empty breath of vain desires;
   You that prefer the painted cabinet
   Before the wealthy jewels it doth store ye,
   That all your joys in dying figures set,
   And stain the living substance of your glory;
   Abjure those joys, abhor their memory,
  And let my love the honour'd subject be
  Of love, and honour's complete history.
  Your eyes were never yet let in to see
     The majesty and riches of the mind,
     But dwell in darkness; for your god is blind.


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Poetic Form
Metre 101111001 0101010110 111010001 11010111010 1101010100 01010101111 1111010101 01010101110 111011100 011101011 110101100 1101011011 0100010101 1101011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 604
Words 104
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 451
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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