Analysis of The Silver Swan, Who Living Had No Note
Orlando Gibbons 1583 – 1625
The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approach'd, unlock'd her silent throat;
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more.
Farewell, all joys; O Death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 0101110111 1101010101 1001010101 1101010111 111111111 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 301 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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