Analysis of Apollo's Song

John Lyly 1553 (Canterbury) – 1606 (London)



My Daphne's hair is twisted gold,
Bright stars apiece her eyes do hold,
My Daphne's brow enthrones the Graces,
My Daphne's beauty stains all faces,
On Daphne's cheek grow rose and cherry,
On Daphne's lip a sweeter berry,
Daphne's snowy hand but touched does melt,
And then no heavenlier warmth is felt,
My Daphne's voice tunes all the spheres,
My Daphne's music charms all ears.
Fond am I thus to sing her praise;
These glories now are turned to bays.


Scheme AABCDDEEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 11010111 11011010 110101110 110111010 110101010 101011111 0111111 11011101 11010111 11111101 11011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 448
Words 82
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 352
Words per stanza (avg) 80
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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John Lyly

John Lyly was an English writer, poet, dramatist, playwright, and politician, best known for his books Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His England. more…

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