Analysis of Love At First Sight - (from Philaster)
Sitting in my window,
Pointing my thoughts in lawn, I saw a god,
(I thought, but it was you,) enter our gates;
My blood flew out and back again, as fast
As I had prest it forth, and sucked it in,
Like breath; then was I called away in haste
To entertain you. Never was a man
Heaved from a sheepcot to a sceptre, raised
So high in thoughts as I: you left a kiss
Upon these lips, then, which I mean to keep
From you forever. I did hear you talk
Far above singing; after you were gone,
I grew acquainted with my heart, and searched
What stirred it so. Alas! I found it love.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMN |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100110 1011011101 11111110101 1111010111 1111110110 1111110101 101110101 110110101 1101111101 0111111111 1101011111 1011010101 1101011101 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 432 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 35 sec read
- 84 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Love At First Sight - (from Philaster)" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/4240/love-at-first-sight---%28from-philaster%29>.
Discuss this Beaumont and Fletcher poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In