Analysis of Why so Pale and Wan?
Sir John Suckling 1609 – 1642
WHY so pale and wan, fond lover?
Prithee, why so pale?
Will, when looking well can't move her,
Looking ill prevail?
Prithee, why so pale?
Why so dull and mute, young sinner?
Prithee, why so mute?
Will, when speaking well can't win her,
Saying nothing do 't?
Prithee, why so mute?
Quit, quit for shame! This will not move;
This cannot take her.
If of herself she will not love,
Nothing can make her:
The devil take her!
| Scheme | aBabB aCaxC xaxaa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 11101110 1111 11101110 10101 1111 11101110 1111 11101110 101011 1111 11111111 11010 11011111 10110 01010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 453 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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