Analysis of By Mons. Fontenelle

Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721



Ma petite ame, ma mignonne,
Tu t'en vas donc, má fille, et Dieu scache ou tu vas:
Tu pars seulette, nuë, et tremblotante, helas!
Que deviendra ton humeur folichonne?
Que deviendront tant de jolis ébats?

Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing,
Must we no longer live together?
And dost thou prune thy trembling wing,
To take thy flight thou know'st not whither?
Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly,
Lies all neglected, all forgot,
And pensive, wavering melancholy,
Thou dread'st, and hop'st, thou know'st not what.


Scheme ABBAB CDCDEXEX
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 1111111111111 1111111 11111 111111 110101001 111101010 011111001 1111111110 11111010 11010101 010100100 11101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 523
Words 87
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 8
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 198
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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