How many syllables are there in each line
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun
And descant on mine own deformity.
And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
I am determined to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams,
To set my brother Clarence and the King
In deadly hate the one against the other;
And if King Edward be as true and just
As I am subtle, false, and treacherous,
This day should Clarence closely be mew'd up-
About a prophecy which says that G
Of Edward's heirs the murderer shall be.
Dive, thoughts, down to my soul. Here Clarence comes.
Line 1: 14 syllables
Line 2: 13 syllables
Line 3: 10 syllables
Line 4: 11 syllables
Line 5: 11 syllables
Line 6: 13 syllables
Line 7: 12 syllables
Line 8: 12 syllables
Line 9: 11 syllables
Line 10: 11 syllables
Line 11: 13 syllables
Line 12: 10 syllables
Line 13: 9 syllables