Analysis of When to her Lute Corinna Sings
Thomas Campion 1567 – 1620
When to her lute Corinna sings,
Her voice revives the leaden strings,
And doth in highest notes appear,
As any challenged echo clear;
But when she doth of mourning speak,
E'en with her sighs, the strings do break,
And as her lute doth live or die,
Led by her passion, so must I:
For when of pleasure she doth sing,
My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring,
But if she doth of sorrow speak,
E'en from my heart the strings do break
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11111101 111010111 01011111 11010111 11110111 11010101 11111101 111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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