Analysis of Cupid Abroad Was Lated
Robert Greene 1558 (Tombland) – 1592 (London)
CUPID abroad was lated in the night,
His wings were wet with ranging in the rain;
Harbor he sought, to me he took his flight
To dry his plumes. I heard the boy complain:
I oped the door and granted his desire,
I rose myself, and made the wag a fire.
Looking more narrow by the fire's flame,
I spied his quiver hanging by his back.
Doubting the boy might my misfortune frame,
I would have gone, for fear of further wrack;
But what I drad did me, poor wretch, betide,
For forth he drew an arrow from his side.
He pierced the quick, and I began to start,
A pleasing wound but that it was too high;
His shaft procured a sharp yet sugared smart.
Away he flew, for why is wings were dry;
But left the arrow sticking in my breast,
That sore I grieved I welcomed such a guest.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111001 1101110001 1011111111 1111110101 11010101010 1110101010 1011010101 1111010111 1001110101 1111111101 1111111101 1111110111 1101010111 0101111111 1101011101 0111111101 1101010011 1111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 776 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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