Analysis of Licia Sonnets 16
Giles Fletcher The Elder 1548 (Watford, Hertfordshire) – 1611
Grant, fairest kind, a kiss unto thy friend!
A blush replied, and yet a kiss I had.
It is not heaven that can such nectar send
Whereat my senses all amazed were glad.
This done, she fled as one that was affrayed,
And I desired to kiss by kissing more;
My love she frowned, and I my kissing stayed,
Yet wished to kiss her as I did before.
Then as the vine the propping elm doth clasp,
Loath to depart till both together die,
So fold me, sweet, until my latest gasp,
That in thy arms to death I kissed may lie.
Thus whilst I live for kisses I must call;
Still kiss me, sweet, or kiss me not at all.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011011 0101010111 11110111101 111010101 111111111 01010111101 1111011101 1111011101 1101010111 1101110101 1111011101 1011111111 1111110111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 454 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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