Analysis of You charm'd me not with that fair face
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
You charm'd me not with that fair face
Though it was all divine:
To be another's is the grace,
That makes me wish you mine.
The Gods and Fortune take their part
Who like young monarchs fight;
And boldly dare invade that heart
Which is another's right.
First mad with hope we undertake
To pull up every bar;
But once possess'd, we faintly make
A dull defensive war.
Now every friend is turn'd a foe
In hope to get our store:
And passion makes us cowards grow,
Which made us brave before.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEF GFGF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11111111 111101 11010101 111111 01010111 11111 01010111 110101 1111110 1111001 11011101 010101 110011101 0111101 01011101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 536 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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