Analysis of By a dismal cypress lying: A Song from the Italian
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
By a dismal cypress lying,
Damon cried, all pale and dying,
Kind is death that ends my pain,
But cruel she I lov'd in vain.
The mossy fountains
Murmur my trouble,
And hollow mountains
My groans redouble:
Ev'ry nymph mourns me,
Thus while I languish;
She only scorns me,
Who caus'd my anguish.
No love returning me, but all hope denying;
By a dismal cypress lying,
Like a swan, so sung he dying:
Kind is death that ends my pain,
But cruel she I lov'd in vain.
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Metre | 10101010 10111010 1111111 11011101 0110 10110 01010 11010 1111 11110 11011 11110 110101111010 10101010 10111110 1111111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 350 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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