Analysis of Roundel I
Christine de Pizan 1364 (Republic of Venice) – 1430 (Poissy)
When you are come, joy is so all complete,
The heart leaps in my breast, beholding you,
O flower of beauty, O rose fresh and new,
Whose slave I am, whose servitude is sweet.
Lady of gracious ways, whom all men greet
Most beautiful of women and most true,
When you are come, joy is so all complete.
For you the happy festival shall meet
In glee ; with none else have I need to do
For my delight ; from you alone I drew
The life and joy that make my heart to beat,
When you are come, joy is so all complete.
Scheme | Abba abA abbaA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 0110110101 11011011101 111111011 1011011111 1100110011 1111111101 1101010011 0111111111 1101110111 0101111111 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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