Analysis of Venus' Advice To The Muses
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Thus to the Muses spoke the Cyprian Dame,
Adorn my altars, and revere my name.
My son shall else assume his potent darts;
Twang goes the bow; my girls have at your hearts.
The Muses answer'd Venus, We deride
The Vagrant's malice and his mother's pride:
Send him to nymphs who sleep on Ida's shade,
To the loose dance and wanton masquerade:
Our thoughts are settled, and intent our look
On the instructive verse and moral book.
On female idleness his power relies,
But when he finds us studying hard he flies.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101001 0111000111 1111011101 1101111111 0101010101 011001101 111111111 101101001 101110001101 1001010101 1110011001 11111100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 399 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 92 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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