Analysis of The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
Christopher Marlowe 1564 (Canterbury, Kent) – 1593 (Deptford, Kent)
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant poises,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;
A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.
The shepherds's swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 01110101 1101101 111101 0111011 10010111 11010111 010011100 011111110 0010101 01110001 010111110 01110101 111010111 1110101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01110111 11110111 0111101 11011110 11011111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 825 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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