Analysis of Licia Sonnets 27
Giles Fletcher The Elder 1548 (Watford, Hertfordshire) – 1611
The crystal stream wherein my love did swim,
Melted in tears as partners of my woe;
Her shine was such as did the fountain dim,
The pearl-like fountain whiter than the snow;
Then like perfume, resolvéd with a heat,
The fountain smoked, as if it thought to burn;
A wonder strange to see the cold so great,
And yet the fountain into smoke to turn.
I searched the cause, and found it to be this:
She touched the water, and it burned with love.
Now by her means it purebased hath that bliss,
Which all diseases quickly can remove.
Then if by you these streams thus blesse'd be,
Sweet, grant me love, and be not worse to me.
Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011111 1001110111 0111110101 0111010101 110111101 0101111111 0101110111 0101001111 1101011111 1101001111 110111111 1101010101 111111111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 479 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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