Analysis of With Serving Still
Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503 (Allington Castle, Kent) – 1542 (Clifton Maybank House, Dorset)
With serving still
This I have won,
For my goodwill
To be undone.
And for redress
Of all my pain,
Disdainfulness
I have again.
And for reward
Of all my smart,
Lo, thus unheard,
I must depart.
Wherefore all ye
That after shall
By fortune be,
As I am, thrall,
Example take
What I have won,
Thus for her sake
To be undone.
| Scheme | abaB cxcx xdxd exex fbfB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Tetractys (55%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 1101 1111 1111 1101 0101 1111 1 1101 0101 1111 1101 1101 111 1101 1101 1111 0101 1111 1101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 323 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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