Analysis of Poem 23

Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)



And ye high heauens, the temple of the gods,
In which a thousand torches flaming bright
Doe burne, that to vs wretched earthly clods:
In dreadful darknesse lend desired light;
And all ye powers which in the same remayne,
More then we men can fayne,
Poure out your blessing on vs plentiously,
And happy influence vpon vs raine,
That we may raise a large posterity,
Which from the earth, which they may long possesse,
With lasting happinesse,
Vp to your haughty pallaces may mount,
And for the guerdon of theyr glorious merit
May heauenly tabernacles there inherit,
Of blessed Saints for to increase the count.
So let vs rest, sweet loue, in hope of this,
And cease till then our tymely ioyes to sing,
The woods no more vs answer, nor our eccho ring.


Scheme ABABCCDCEAAFGGFHII
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010101 0101010101 11111010101 010110101 0111010011 111111 111101101 0101001101 1111010100 110111111 1101 11110111 01011110010 1111010 111110101 11101110111 0111101111 0111101011011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 739
Words 136
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 593
Words per stanza (avg) 134
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Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. more…

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