Analysis of Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away
Take, oh take those lips away,
That so sweetly were forsworn,
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights that do mislead the morn:
But my kisses bring again,
Seals of love, but sealed in vain.
Hide, oh hide those hills of snow,
Which thy frozen bosom bears,
On whose tops the pinks that grow
Are yet of those that April wears.
But first set my poor heart free,
Bound in those icy chains by thee.
Scheme | ABABXX CDCDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 111001 0110111 1110101 1110101 1111101 1111111 1110101 1110111 11111101 1111111 10110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 390 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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