Analysis of Œnone's Complaint

George Peele 1556 (London) – 1596 (London)



Melpomene, the muse of tragic songs,
With mournful tunes, in stole of dismal hue,
Assist a silly nymph to wail her woe,
And leave thy lusty company behind.

Thou luckless wreath! becomes not me to wear
The poplar tree for triumph of my love:
Then as my joy, my pride of love, is left,
Be thou unclothed of thy lovely green;

And in thy leaves my fortune written be,
And them some gentle wind let blow abroad,
That all the world may see how false of love
False Paris hath to his Œnone been.


Scheme XXXX XAXX XXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1011101 1101011101 0101011101 0111010001 1101011111 0101110111 1111111111 11111101 0011110101 0111011101 1101111111 11011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 496
Words 96
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 126
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Peele

George Peele was an English translator, poet, and dramatist, who is most noted for his collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play Titus Andronicus. more…

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