Amour 25
The glorious sunne went blushing to his bed,When my soules sunne, from her fayre Cabynet,Her golden beames had now discouered,Lightning the world, eclipsed by his set.Some muz'd to see the earth enuy the ayre,Which from her lyps exhald refined sweet,A world to see, yet how he ioyd to heareThe dainty grasse make musicke with her feete.But my most meruaile was when from the skyes,So Comet-like, each starre aduanc'd her lyght,As though the heauen had now awak'd her eyes,And summond Angels to this blessed sight.No clowde was seene, but christalline the ayre,Laughing for ioy upon my louely fayre.
Words in this poem
- glorious a.
- Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds. [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n.]
- went n.
- Course; way; path; journey; direction.
- dainty n.
- Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deintié delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Dignity.]
- starre n.
- One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulæ. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. staírno, Arm]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Amour 25 is in the public domain. This text is taken from Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, Project Gutenberg ebook #17873; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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Form and metre
Amour 25 is 14 lines in a single stanza. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 88%).
See other poems in iambic pentameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 -A-ABC-CDEDEBB bed · cabynetA · discouered · setA · ayreB · sweetC · heare · feeteC · skyesD · lyghtE · eyesD · sightE · ayreB · fayreB
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against iambic pentameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| The glorious sunne went blushing to his bed, | 10 | ·/˘··/˘··· |
| When my soules sunne, from her fayre Cabynet, | 10 | ·········· |
| Her golden beames had now discouered, | 9 | ·/˘·····˘ |
| Lightning the world, eclipsed by his set. | 10 | /˘··˘/˘··· |
| Some muz'd to see the earth enuy the ayre, | 10 | ·········· |
| Which from her lyps exhald refined sweet, | 10 | ······˘/˘· |
| A world to see, yet how he ioyd to heare | 10 | ·········· |
| The dainty grasse make musicke with her feete. | 10 | ·/˘······· |
| But my most meruaile was when from the skyes, | 11 | ··········· |
| So Comet-like, each starre aduanc'd her lyght, | 10 | ·/˘······· |
| As though the heauen had now awak'd her eyes, | 10 | ·········· |
| And summond Angels to this blessed sight. | 10 | ···/˘···˘· |
| No clowde was seene, but christalline the ayre, | 10 | ·········· |
| Laughing for ioy upon my louely fayre. | 10 | /˘········ |
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