Analysis of Aubade

Sir William Davenant 1606 (Oxford) – 1668 (London)



THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest,
   And climbing shakes his dewy wings.
He takes this window for the East,
   And to implore your light he sings--
Awake, awake! the morn will never rise
Till she can dress her beauty at your eyes.

The merchant bows unto the seaman's star,
   The ploughman from the sun his season takes,
But still the lover wonders what they are
   Who look for day before his mistress wakes.
Awake, awake! break thro' your veils of lawn!
Then draw your curtains, and begin the dawn!


Scheme XAXABB CDCDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 0111111 01011101 11110101 01011111 0101011101 1111010111 0101100101 011011101 1101010111 1111011101 0101111111 1111000101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 511
Words 92
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 192
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Sir William Davenant

Sir William Davenant, also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. more…

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