Analysis of The Looks Of A Lover Enamoured

George Gascoigne 1535 (Cardington) – 1577



THOU, with thy looks, on whom I look full oft,
And find therein great cause of deep delight,
Thy face is fair, thy skin is smooth and soft,
Thy lips are sweet, thine eyes are clear and bright,
And every part seems pleasant in my sight;
Yet wote thou well, those looks have wrought my woe,
Because I love to look upon them so.

For first those looks allured mine eye to look,
And straight mine eye stirred up my heart to love;
And cruel love, with deep deceitful hook,
Choked up my mind, whom fancy cannot move,
Nor hope relieve, nor other help behoove
But still to look; and though I look too much,
Needs must I look because I see none such.

Thus in thy looks my love and life have hold;
And with such life my death draws on apace:
And for such death no med'cine can be told
But looking still upon thy lovely face,
Wherein are painted pity, peace, and grace.
Then though thy looks should cause me for to die,
Needs must I look, because I live thereby.

Since then thy looks my life have so in thrall
As I can like none other looks but thine,
Lo, here I yield my life, my love, and all
Into thy hands, and all things else resign
But liberty to gaze upon thine eyen:
Which when I do, then think it were thy part
To look again, and link with me in heart.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 0101111101 1111111101 1111111101 01001110011 1111111111 0111110111 1111011111 0111111111 0101110101 1111110101 1101110101 1111011111 1111011111 1011110111 0111111101 011111111 1101011101 0111010101 1111111111 1111011111 1111111101 1111110111 1111111101 0111011101 1100110111 1111111011 1101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,257
Words 249
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 241
Words per stanza (avg) 62
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:15 min read
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George Gascoigne

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