Analysis of There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind



There is a lady sweet and kind,
   Was never face so pleas'd my mind;
   I did but see her passing by,
   And yet I love her till I die.

Her gesture, motion, and her smiles,
   Her wit, her voice, my heart beguiles,
   Beguiles my heart, I know not why,
   And yet I love her till I die.

Her free behaviour, winning looks,
  Will make a lawyer burn his books;
  I touch'd her not, alas! not I,
  And yet I love her till I die.

Had I her fast betwixt mine arms,
  Judge you that think such sports were harms,
  Were't any harm? no, no, fie, fie,
  For I will love her till I die.

Should I remain confined there
  So long as Ph{oe}bus in his sphere,
  I to request, she to deny,
  Yet would I love her till I die.

Cupid is winged and doth range,
  Her country so my love doth change:
  But change she earth, or change she sky,
  Yet will I love her till I die.


Scheme aabB ccbB ddbB eexb xxbb ffbb
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11010101 11011111 11110101 01110111 01010001 0101111 1111111 01110111 011101 11010111 11010111 01110111 11010111 11111101 011011111 11110111 1101011 1111111011 11011101 11110111 1011011 01011111 11111111 11110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 859
Words 171
Sentences 9
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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