Analysis of Phillis 2
Thomas Lodge 1558 (London) – 1625 (Early autumn)
LOVE guards the roses of thy lips
And flies about them like a bee;
If I approach he forward skips,
And if I kiss he stingeth me.
Love in thine eyes doth build his bower,
And sleeps within their pretty shine;
And if I look the boy will lower,
And from their orbs shoot shafts divine.
Love works thy heart within his fire,
And in my tears doth firm the same;
And if I tempt it will retire,
And of my plaints doth make a game.
Love, let me cull her choicest flowers;
And pity me, and calm her eye;
Make soft her heart, dissolve her lowers
Then will I praise thy deity.
But if thou do not, Love, I'll truly serve her
In spite of thee, and by firm faith deserve her.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD CEXE FXFB CC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 01011101 11011101 0111111 101111110 01011101 011101110 01111101 111101110 00111101 01111101 01111101 111101010 01010101 110101010 11111100 11111111010 01110111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 693 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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