Analysis of Licia Sonnets 19
Giles Fletcher The Elder 1548 (Watford, Hertfordshire) – 1611
That time, fair Licia, when I stole a kiss,
From off those lips, where Cupid lovely laid,
I quaked for cold, and found the cause was this:
My life which loved, for love behind me staid.
I sent my heart my life for to recall,
But that was held, not able to return,
And both detained as captives were in thrall,
And judged by her, that both by sighs should burn.
Fair, burn them both, for that they were so bold,
But let the altar be within thy heart;
And I shall live because my life you hold,
You that give life, to every living part;
A flame I took whenas I stole the kiss;
Take you my life, yet can I live with this.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101 1111110101 1111010111 1111110111 111111111 1111110101 0101110001 0110111111 1111111011 1101010111 0111011111 11111100101 011111101 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 469 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 125 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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