Analysis of Constancy

Joshua Sylvester 1563 (England) – 1618



Were I as base as is the lowly plain,
And you, my Love, as high as heaven above,
Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,
Ascend to heaven in honor of my love.
Were I as high as heaven above plain,
And you, my Love, as humble and as low
As are the deepest bottoms of the main,
Wheresoe'er you were, with you my love should go.
Were you the earth, dear Love, and I the skies,
My love should shine on you like to the sun,
And look upon you with ten thousand eyes
Till heaven waxed blind, and till the world were dun.
Wheresoe'er I am, below, or else above you,
Wheresoe'er you are, my heart shall truly love you. .


Scheme ABABACACDEDEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 0111110101 01111111001 1101111101 01110010111 0111110011 0111110011 1101010101 110111111 0101110101 1111111101 0101111101 11011010101 1110111011 1111111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 629
Words 126
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 469
Words per stanza (avg) 125
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Joshua Sylvester

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