Analysis of Roundelay
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
I.
Chloe found Amyntas lying,
All in tears, upon the plain,
Sighing to himself, and crying,
Wretched I, to love in vain!
Kiss me, dear, before my dying;
Kiss me once, and ease my pain.
II.
Sighing to himself, and crying,
Wretched I, to love in vain!
Ever scorning, and denying
To reward your faithful swain.
Kiss me, dear, before my dying;
Kiss me once, and ease my pain.
III.
Ever scorning, and denying
To reward your faithful swain.---
Chloe, laughing at his crying,
Told him, that he loved in vain.
Kiss me, dear, before my dying;
Kiss me once, and ease my pain.
IV.
Chloe, laughing at his crying,
Told him, that he loved in vain;
But, repenting, and complying,
When he kissed, she kissed again:
Kissed him up, before his dying;
Kissed him up, and eased his pain.
Scheme | abcBCBC aBCBCBC aBCBCBC xBCbxbc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 101110 1010101 10101010 1011101 11101110 1110111 1 10101010 1011101 1010010 1011101 11101110 1110111 1 1010010 1011101 10101110 1111101 11101110 1110111 1 10101110 1111101 10100010 1111101 11101110 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 770 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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