Analysis of Rose
Thomas Dekker 1572 – 1632
Here sit thou down upon this flow’ry bank,
And make a garland for thy Lacy’s head.
These pinks, these roses, and these violets,
These blushing gilliflowers, these marigolds,
The fair embroidery of his coronet,
Carry not half such beauty in their cheeks,
As the sweet countenance of my Lacy doth.
O my most unkind father! O my stars,
Why lower’d you so at my nativity,
To make me love, yet live robb’d of my love?
Here as a thief am I imprisoned
For my dear Lacy’s sake within those walls,
Which by my father’s cost were builded up
For better purposes. Here must I languish
For him that doth as much lament, I know,
Mine absence, as for him I pine in woe.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101111 010101111 1111001100 1101110 01010011101 1011110011 10110011101 1110110111 1111110100 1111111111 110111010 111110111 111101011 11010011110 1111110111 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 662 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 505 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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