Analysis of Ametas And Thestylis Making Hay-Ropes
Andrew Marvell 1621 (Winestead) – 1678 (London)
Ametas
Think'st Thou that this Love can stand,
Whilst Thou still dost say me nay?
Love unpaid does soon disband:
Love binds Love as Hay binds Hay.
Thestylis
Think'st Thou that this Rope would twine
If we both should turn one way?
Where both parties so combine,
Neither Love will twist nor Hay.
Ametas
Thus you vain Excuses find,
Which your selve and us delay:
And Love tyes a Womans Mind
Looser then with Ropes of Hay.
Thestylis
What you cannot constant hope
Must be taken as you may.
Ametas
Then let's both lay by our Rope,
And go kiss within the Hay.
| Scheme | Abcbc Adcdc Aecec Afc Afc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 11111111 1111111 1011101 1111111 1 11111111 1111111 1110110 1011111 1 1110101 1110101 011011 1011111 1 1110101 1110111 1 11111101 0110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 540 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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