Analysis of A Devout Lover

Thomas Randolph 1605 (Newnham) – 1635



I have a mistress, for perfections rare
In every eye, but in my thoughts most fair.
Like tapers on the altar shine her eyes;
Her breath is the perfume of sacrifice;
And wheresoe'er my fancy would begin,
Still her perfection lets religion in.
We sit and talk, and kiss away the hours
As chastely as the morning dews kiss flowers:
I touch her, like my beads, with devout care,
And come unto my courtship as my prayer.


Scheme AABCDDEEAA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11010111 01001101111 1101010101 011001110 01110101 1001010100 11010101010 1110101110 1101111011 011011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 423
Words 79
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 325
Words per stanza (avg) 77
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Randolph

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