Analysis of Womanhod Wanton Ye Want

John Skelton 1460 (Norfolk) – 1529 (London)



Womanhod wanton ye want.
Youre medelyng mastres is manerles.
Plente of yll of goodnes skant.
Ye rayll at ryot recheles.
To prayse youre porte it is nedeles.
For all your draffe yet and your dreggys.
As well borne as ye full oft-tyme beggys.

Why so koy and full of skorne.
Myne horse is sold I wene you say.
My new furryd gowne when it is worne.
Put vp youre purs ye shall non pay.
By Crede I trust to se the day.
As proud a pohen as ye sprede.
Of me and other ye may haue nede.

Though angelyk be youre smylyng.
Yet is youre tong an adders tayle.
Full lyke a Scorpyon styngyng.
All those by whom ye haue auayle.
Good mastres Anne there ye do shayle.
What prate ye praty pyggys-ny.
I truste to quyte you or I dy.

Youre key is mete for euery lok.
Youre key is commen & hangyth owte.
Youre key is redy we nede not knok.
Nor stand long wrestyng there-aboute.
Of youre doregate ye haue no doute.
But one thyng is that ye be lewde.
Holde youre tong now all be shrewde.

To mastres Anne that farly swete.
That wonnes at the key in temmys strete.


Scheme ABABBBB CBCDDAA EFEFFCA EAEAAAA XA
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 11111 111111 11111 1111111 11111011 111111111 1110111 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111101 1101111 110101111 11111 1111111 11011 1111111 1111111 111111 11111111 1111111 111111 11111111 111111 1111111 11111111 1111111 1111101 11101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,015
Words 206
Sentences 31
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7, 2
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 160
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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John Skelton

John Skelton (1460-1529), also known as John Shelton, possibly born in Diss, Norfolk, was an English poet. more…

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