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 |
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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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