Analysis of To Chloe Weeping



See, whilst Thou weep'st, fair Cloe, see
The World in Sympathy with Thee.
The chearful Birds no longer sing,
Each drops his Head, and hangs his Wing.
The Clouds have bent their Bosom lower,
And shed their Sorrows in a Show'r.
The Brooks beyond their Limits flow;
And louder Murmurs speak their Woe.
The Nymphs and Swains adopt Thy Cares:
They heave Thy Sighs, and weep Thy Tears.
Fantastic Nymph! that Grief should move
Thy Heart, obdurate against Love.
Strange Tears! whose Pow'r can soften All,
But That dear Breast on which they fall.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 01010011 0111101 11110111 011111010 011100011 01011101 01010111 01010111 11110111 01011111 11100011 111111101 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 532
Words 96
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 421
Words per stanza (avg) 94
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Matthew Prior

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