Analysis of Rondel



Strengthen, my Love, this castle of my heart,
And with some store of pleasure give me aid,
For Jealousy, with all them of his part,
Strong siege about the weary tower has laid.
Nay, if to break his bands thou art afraid,
Too weak to make his cruel force depart,
Strengthen at least this castle of my heart,
And with some store of pleasure give me aid.
Nay, let not Jealousy, for all his art
Be master, and the tower in ruin laid,
That still, ah Love! thy gracious rule obeyed.
Advance, and give me succour of thy part;
Strengthen, my Love, this castle of my heart.


Scheme ABabbaaBabbaA
Poetic Form
Metre 1011110111 0111110111 1100111111 11010101011 1111111101 1111110101 1011110111 0111110111 1111001111 11000100101 1111110101 010111111 1011110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 572
Words 109
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 434
Words per stanza (avg) 107
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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