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
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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Thomas Lodge

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