I've marked below, above the words of the first few lines,
the stress and rhyme pattern.. This process is known as "scanning" and it is how you
analyze poetic meter. I use - for a weak syllable and / for a strong syllable and | to
indicate foot divisions.
/ - | - / |
- / | - / A
There is |a Gar| den
in| her face,
- / | - / | / / |
- / B
Where Ro|ses and | white Lill| ies grow
;|
- / | - / | - / | - - /
A
heau'n|ly par|adice| is that place,| A
Wherein
all pleasant fruits doe flow. B
There Cherries grow, which none
may buy C
Till Cherry ripe themselues doe cry.
C
The basic metrical pattern is iambic tetrameter, with an
average of 1 rhythmical variation per line (fairly typical of the period) oincluding
spondaic, trochaic, and anapestic substitution, with occasional use of ellision. The
stanzas are sestets, rhymed ababcc.
No comments:
Post a Comment