Analysis of Another (II)

Anne Bradstreet 1612 (Northampton) – 1672 (Andover)



As loving hind that (hartless) wants her deer,
Scuds through the woods and fern with hark'ning ear,
Perplext, in every bush and nook doth pry,
Her dearest deer, might answer ear or eye;
So doth my anxious soul, which now doth miss
A dearer dear (far dearer heart) than this.
Still wait with doubts, and hopes, and failing eye,
His voice to hear or person to descry.
Or as the pensive dove doth all alone
(On withered bough) most uncouthly bemoan
The absence of her love and loving mate,
Whose loss hath made her so unfortunate,
Ev'n thus do I, with many a deep sad groan,
Bewail my turtle true, who now is gone,
His presence and his safe return still woos,
With thousand doleful sighs and mournful coos.
Or as the loving mullet, that true fish,
Her fellow lost, nor joy nor life do wish,
But launches on that shore, there for to die,
Where she her captive husband doth espy.
Mine being gone, I lead a joyless life,
I have a loving peer, yet seem no wife;
But worst of all, to him can't steer my course,
I here, he there, alas, both kept by force.
Return my dear, my joy, my only love,
Unto thy hind, thy mullet, and thy dove,
Who neither joys in pasture, house, nor streams,
The substance gone, O me, these are but dreams.
Together at one tree, oh let us browse,
And like two turtles roost within one house,
And like the mullets in one river glide,
Let's still remain but one, till death divide.
    Thy loving love and dearest dear,
    At home, abroad, and everywhere


Scheme ABCCDDCAEEFGEHIJKKCLMMNNOOPPQRSSAT
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110101 1101011111 1010010111 0101110111 1111011111 0101110111 1111010101 111111011 1101011101 11011101 0101010101 1111010100 111111100111 111011111 1100110111 1101010101 1101010111 0101111111 1101111111 1101010110 110111011 1101011111 1111111111 1111011111 0111111101 1011110011 1101010111 0101111111 0101111111 0111010111 010101101 1101111101 11010101 1101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,477
Words 276
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 34
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,120
Words per stanza (avg) 274
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Anne Bradstreet

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