Analysis of A La Bourbon. Done Moy Plus De Pitie Ou Plus De Creaulte, Car Sans Ci Ie Ne Puis Pas Viure, Ne Morir



I.
Divine Destroyer, pitty me no more,
    Or else more pitty me;
Give me more love, ah, quickly give me more,
    Or else more cruelty!
      For left thus as I am,
      My heart is ice and flame;
    And languishing thus, I
    Can neither live nor dye!

II.
Your glories are eclipst, and hidden in the grave
    Of this indifferency;
And, Caelia, you can neither altars have,
    Nor I, a Diety:
      They are aspects divine,
      That still or smile, or shine,
    Or, like th' offended sky,
    Frowne death immediately.


Scheme ABCBCXXAA AXXXXDDAC
Poetic Form
Metre 1 010101111 11111 1111110111 11110 111111 111101 010011 110111 1 11011010001 111 011110101 1101 11101 111111 11110101 1101000
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 537
Words 90
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 9
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 179
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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