Amour 36
Sweete, sleepe so arm'd with Beauties arrowes darting,Sleepe in thy Beauty, Beauty in sleepe appeareth;Sleepe lightning Beauty, Beauty sleepes, darknes cleereth,Sleepes wonder Beauty, wonders to worlds imparting.Sleep watching Beauty, Beauty waking, sleepe guardingBeauty in sleepe, sleepe in Beauty charmed,Sleepes aged coldnes with Beauties fire warmed,Sleepe with delight, Beauty with loue rewarding.Sleepe and Beauty, with equall forces stryuing,Beauty her strength vnto sleepes weaknes lending,Sleepe with Beauty, Beauty with sleepe contending,Yet others force the others force reuiuing,And others foe the others foe imbrace.Myne eyes beheld thys conflict in thy face.
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Amour 36 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.
Cite as: Michael Drayton, Amour 36, in Minor Poems (1594–1619), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #17873, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/drayton-minor-poems/amour-36.html, id L20577.
Form and metre
Amour 36 is 14 lines in a single stanza. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 84%).
See other poems in iambic pentameter.
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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 ABBAC--CCDDCEE dartingA · appearethB · cleerethB · impartingA · guardingC · charmed · warmed · rewardingC · stryuingC · lendingD · contendingD · reuiuingC · imbraceE · faceE
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sweete, sleepe so arm'd with Beauties arrowes darting, | 11 | ·····/˘/˘/˘ |
| Sleepe in thy Beauty, Beauty in sleepe appeareth; | 12 | ···/˘/˘··˘/˘ |
| Sleepe lightning Beauty, Beauty sleepes, darknes cleereth, | 11 | ·/˘/˘/˘··/˘ |
| Sleepes wonder Beauty, wonders to worlds imparting. | 12 | ·/˘/˘/˘··˘/˘ |
| Sleep watching Beauty, Beauty waking, sleepe guarding | 12 | ·/˘/˘/˘/˘·/˘ |
| Beauty in sleepe, sleepe in Beauty charmed, | 9 | /˘····/˘· |
| Sleepes aged coldnes with Beauties fire warmed, | 9 | ····/˘/˘· |
| Sleepe with delight, Beauty with loue rewarding. | 11 | ··˘//˘··˘/˘ |
| Sleepe and Beauty, with equall forces stryuing, | 10 | ··/˘·/˘/˘· |
| Beauty her strength vnto sleepes weaknes lending, | 9 | /˘·····/˘ |
| Sleepe with Beauty, Beauty with sleepe contending, | 11 | ··/˘/˘··˘/˘ |
| Yet others force the others force reuiuing, | 9 | ·/˘··/˘·· |
| And others foe the others foe imbrace. | 10 | ·/˘··/˘··· |
| Myne eyes beheld thys conflict in thy face. | 10 | ··˘/·/˘··· |
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