Analysis of Another Of The Same (A Report Song In A Dream)

Nicholas Breton 1558 (England) – 1626



Say that I should say I love ye,
Would you say 'tis but a saying?
But if Love in prayers move ye,
Will ye not be moved with praying?

Think I think that Love should know ye,
Will you think 'tis but a thinking?
But if Love the thought do show ye,
Will ye loose your eyes with winking?

Write that I do write you blessed,
Will you write 'tis but a writing?
But if Truth and Love confess it,
Will ye doubt the true inditing?

No, I say, and think, and write it,
Write, and think, and say your pleasure;
Love, and truth, and I indite it,
You are blessèd out of measure.


Scheme ABAB ABAB XBCB CDCD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111111 11111010 1110111 11111110 11111111 11111010 11101111 11111110 1111111 11111010 11101011 111011 11101011 10101110 10101011 11111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 556
Words 116
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nicholas Breton

Nicholas Breton, English poet and novelist, belonged to an old family settled at Layer Breton, Essex. more…

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