Analysis of Against Love

Katherine Philips 1632 (London) – 1664



Hence Cupid! with your cheating toys,
    Your real griefs, and painted joys,
    Your pleasure which itself destroys.
Lovers like men in fevers burn and rave,
And only what will injure them do crave.
    Men's weakness makes love so severe,
    They give him power by their fear,
    And make the shackles which they wear.
Who to another does his heart submit,
Makes his own idol, and then worships it.
    Him whose heart is all his own,
    Peace and liberty does crown,
    He apprehends no killing frown.
He feels no raptures which are joys diseased,
And is not much transported, but still pleased.


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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 615
Words 105
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 451
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Katherine Philips

Katherine Philips was an Anglo-Welsh poet, translator, and woman of letters. more…

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