Analysis of Poem 93

Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)



TO whom his mother closely smiling sayd,
twixt earnest and twixt game:
See thou thy selfe likewise art lyttle made,
if thou regard the same.
And yet thou suffrest neyther gods in sky,
nor men in earth to rest:
But when thou art disposed cruelly,
theyr sleepe thou doost molest.
Then eyther change thy cruelty,
or giue lyke leaue vnto the fly.


Scheme ABABCADAAC
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111010101 110011 111111101 110101 01111101 110111 11110110 111101 111110 1111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 341
Words 64
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 271
Words per stanza (avg) 62
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 30, 2023

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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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