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 |
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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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