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


Scheme AABBCD EEFFCD
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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Thomas Campion

Thomas Campion sometimes Campian was an English composer poet and physician Campion was first published as a poet in 1591 with five of his works appearing in an edition of Sir Philip Sidneys Astrophel and Stella more…

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