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
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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John Skelton

John Skelton (1460-1529), also known as John Shelton, possibly born in Diss, Norfolk, was an English poet. more…

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