Analysis of A Supplement of an Imperfect Copy of Verses of Mr. William



One of her hands one of her cheeks lay under,
      Cosening the pillow of a lawful kiss,
    Which therefore swell'd, and seem'd to part asunder,
      As angry to be robb'd of such a bliss!
      The one look'd pale and for revenge did long,
      While t'other blush'd, 'cause it had done the wrong.

Out of the bed the other fair hand was
      On a green satin quilt, whose perfect white
    Look'd like a daisy in a field of grass,
    And show'd like unmelt snow unto the sight;
      There lay this pretty perdue, safe to keep
      The rest o' th' body that lay fast asleep.

Her eyes (and therefore it was night), close laid
    Strove to imprison beauty till the morn:
  But yet the doors were of such fine stuff made,
    That it broke through, and show'd itself in scorn,
      Throwing a kind of light about the place,
      Which turn'd to smiles still, as't came near her face.

Her beams, which some dull men call'd hair, divided,
    Part with her cheeks, part with her lips did sport.
  But these, as rude, her breath put by still; some
    Wiselier downwards sought, but falling short,
      Curled back in rings, and seemed to turn again
      To bite the part so unkindly held them in.


Scheme ABABCC XDXDEE FGFGHH XIXIXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101110 101010101 1110111010 1101111101 0111010111 11101111101 1101010111 1011011011 1101000111 011111001 1111001111 011111011101 010111111 1101010101 1101011111 1111010101 1001110101 11111111101 01111111010 1101110111 1111011111 11011101 1101011101 110111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,201
Words 211
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 212
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Sir John Suckling

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