Analysis of I prithee send me back my heart
Sir John Suckling 1609 – 1642
I prithee send me back my heart,
Since I cannot have thine;
For if from yours you will not part,
Why, then, shouldst thou have mine?
Yet now I think on't, let it lie,
To find it were in vain;
For thou hast a thief in either eye
Would steal it back again.
Why should two hearts in one breast lie,
And yet not lodge together?
O Love! where is thy sympathy,
If thus our breasts thou sever?
But love is such a mystery,
I cannot find it out;
For when I think I'm best resolved,
I then am in most doubt.
Then farewell care, and farewell woe;
I will no longer pine;
For I'll believe I have her heart,
As much as she hath mine.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX CDED EFXF XBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 1111111 111011 11111111 111111 111111111 111001 111010101 111101 11110111 0111010 11111100 11101110 11110100 110111 11111101 111011 111011 111101 11011101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 608 |
| Words | 128 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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