Analysis of Ballad III
Christine de Pizan 1364 (Republic of Venice) – 1430 (Poissy)
Now in good sooth my joy is vanished clean,
And all my gladness changed to grievous ire :
What profits it, dear flower ! since I have seen
Thy going hence, that I could never tire
When thou wast here
To greet thee every day in every year ?
Delight that was is grown disaster fell :
Alas ! How can I bid thee now farewell !
My love, my choice, my lady and my queen,
For whom my heart is kindled in desire,
What shall I do when love from what hath been
Taketh the gold and leaveth me the mire ?
Nor far nor near
Is comfort found, nor any pleasant cheer.
Gone is thy beauty, that did all excel :
Alas ! How can I bid thee now farewell !
Thine is the deed, O evil tongue and keen !
Forged for my fate upon an anvil dire :
Fortune, that loveth not my hand, I ween,
Nor yet my pen, did in the task conspire.
No help is clear
Save Death, when God shall grant him to appear
Else thou alone could'st win me out of hell.
Alas ! How can I bid thee now farewell !
Ah, simple and dear !
At least behold me and my mourning drear.
Thy loss is torment more than I can tell.
Alas ! How can I bid thee now farewell !
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111101 011111101 11011101111 11011111010 1111 111100101001 0111110101 011111111 1111110011 11111100010 1111111111 100101101 1111 1101110101 1111011101 011111111 1101110101 1111011101 101111111 11111001010 1111 1111111101 11011111111 011111111 11001 1101101101 111111111 011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,106 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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