Analysis of Love Arm'd



Love in Fantastique Triumph satt,
Whilst bleeding Hearts around him flow'd,
For whom Fresh pains he did create,
And strange Tryanic power he show'd;
From thy Bright Eyes he took his fire,
Which round about, in sport he hurl'd;
But 'twas from mine he took desire,
Enough to undo the Amorous World.
From me he took his sighs and tears,
From thee his Pride and Crueltie;
From me his Languishments and Feares,
And every Killing Dart from thee;
Thus thou and I, the God have arm'd,
And sett him up a Deity;
But my poor Heart alone is harm'd,
Whilst thine the Victor is, and free.


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Poetic Form
Metre 101101 11010111 11111101 0111011 111111110 11010111 111111010 0110101001 11111101 111101 111101 010010111 11010111 01110100 11110111 11010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 582
Words 108
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 444
Words per stanza (avg) 106
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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