Analysis of Whoso List To Hunt, I Know Where Is an Hind
David McKee Wright 1869 – 1928
Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
But as for me, hélas, I may no more.
The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,
I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
Yet may I by no means my wearied mind
Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore
Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore,
Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind.
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I may spend his time in vain.
And graven with diamonds in letters plain
There is written, her fair neck round about:
Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am,
And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.
| Scheme | ABBAABBACDDCEF |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111111 1111111111 0101110111 11111101001 1111111101 110111111 101101111 1001111101 1101111111 1111111101 0101100101 1110011101 11111011 011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 576 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 438 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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