Analysis of Rondel of Merciless Beauty
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;
Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.
Only your word will heal the injury
To my hurt heart, while yet the wound is clean -
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene.
Upon my word, I tell you faithfully
Through life and after death you are my queen;
For with my death the whole truth shall be seen.
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;
Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.
| Scheme | ABB abAB abbABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Rondeau tercet |
| Metre | 1111111100 1101111101 1111011101 1011110100 1111110111 1111111100 1101111101 0111111100 1101011111 1111011111 1111111100 1101111101 1111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 585 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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