Analysis of Consolatorium, Ad Parentes



Lett her parents then confesse
That they beleeve her happinesse,
Which now they question. Thinke as you
Lent her the world, Heaven lent her you:
And is it just then to complayne
When each hath but his owne againe?
Then thinke what both your glories are
In her preferment: for tis farre
Nobler to gett a Saint, and beare
A childe to Heaven than an Heyre
To a large Empire. Thinke beside
Shee dyde not yong, but livde a Bride.
Your best wishes for her good
Were but to see her well bestowde:
Was shee not so? Shee marryed to
The heyre of all things: who did owe
Her infant Soule, and bought it too.
Nor was shee barren: markt you not
Those pretty little Graces, that
Play'd round about her sicke bedde; three
Th' eldst Faith, Hope, & Charity.
Twere pretty bigge ones, and the same
That cryde so on theyr Fathers name.
The yongst is gone with Her: the two
Eldest stay to comfort you,
And little though they bee, they can
Master the biggest foes of man.
Lastly thinke that Hir abode
With you was some fewe years boarde;
After hir marriage: now shee's gone
Home, royally attended on:
And if you had Elisha's sight
To see the number of her bright
Attendants thither; or Paul's rapt sprite
To see her Welcome there; why then,
Wish if you could Her here agen.
Ime sure you could not: but all passion
Would loose itselfe in admiration,
And strong longings to be there
Where, cause shee is, you mourn for Her


Scheme AABBCCDDEDFFGFBHBIJKKLLBBCCMFCCNNNCCCCOP
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Metre 101011 11101 11110111 100110101 0111111 1111111 11111101 001111 10110101 01110111 101100101 11111101 1110101 0111011 1111111 01111111 01010111 11110111 11010101 11010111 11111100 11011001 11111101 01111001 1011101 01011111 10010111 1011101 1111111 10110111 11000101 011111 11010101 01011111 11010111 1111011 111111110 1110010 0110111 11111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,367
Words 264
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 40
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,092
Words per stanza (avg) 262
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Strode

William Strode (c. 1602 – 1645) was an English poet, Doctor of Divinity and Public Orator of Oxford University, one of the Worthies of Devon of John Prince (d.1723). more…

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