Analysis of WHY were ye Calliope embrawdered with letters of golde ?
John Skelton 1460 (Norfolk) – 1529 (London)
CALLIOPE,
As ye may se,
Regent is she
Of poetes al,
Whiche gaue to me
The high degre
Laureat to be
Of fame royall ;
Whose name enrolde
With silke and golde
I dare be bolde
Thus for to were.
Of her I holde
And her householde ;
Though I waxe olde
And somdele sere,
Yet is she fayne,
Voyde of disdayn,
Me to retayn
Her seruiture :
With her certayne
I wyll remayne
As my souerayne
Moost of pleasure,
Maulqre touz malheureux.
Scheme | ABACADAEFFFDFFFDGGGDGGGDB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (48%) |
Metre | 010 1111 1011 111 1111 011 111 1110 111 1101 1111 1110 1011 001 1111 011 1111 111 111 01 101 111 111 1110 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 326 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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