Analysis of Cease, Warring Thoughts
James Shirley 1596 (London) – 1666 (London)
Cease, warring thoughts, and let his brain
No more discord entertain,
But be smooth and calm again.
Ye crystal rivers that are nigh,
As your streams are passing by,
Teach your murmurs harmony.
Ye winds that wait upon the spring,
And perfumes to flowers do bring,
Let your amorous whispers here
Breathe soft music to his ear.
Ye warbling nightingales repair
From every wood to charm this air,
And with the wonders of your breast
Each striving to excel the rest.
When it is time to wake him, close your parts,
And drop down from the trees with broken hearts.
Scheme | AAX BBX CCDD EEFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 111001 1110101 11010111 1111101 1110100 11110101 00111011 11100101 1110111 1100101 110011111 01010111 11010101 1111111111 0111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 549 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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