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.
Scheme | AAABBCCDEEFGGHH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011101 1110101 11010101 1011010101 0101110111 11011101 11110111 01010111 1101011101 1111001101 1111111 1010011 111101 111111101 0111010111 |
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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