Analysis of A Madrigal
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Crabbed Age and Youth
Cannot live together:
Youth is full of pleasance,
Age is full of care;
Youth like summer morn,
Age like winter weather;
Youth like summer brave,
Age like winter bare:
Youth is full of sports,
Age's breath is short,
Youth is nimble, Age is lame:
Youth is hot and bold,
Age is weak and cold,
Youth is wild, and Age is tame:-
Age, I do abhor thee;
Youth, I do adore thee;
O! my Love, my Love is young!
Age, I do defy thee-
O sweet shepherd, hie thee,
For methinks thou stay'st too long.
Scheme | ABCDEBFDCGHIIHJJKJJL |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101 101010 11111 11111 11101 111010 11101 11101 11111 10111 1110111 11101 11101 1110111 111011 111011 1111111 111011 111011 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 378 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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