Analysis of Horace to Pyrrha

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



What perfumed, posie-dizened sirrah,
 With smiles for diet,
Clasps you, O fair but faithless Pyrrha,
 On the quiet?
For whom do you bind up your tresses,
 As spun-gold yellow,--
Meshes that go, with your caresses,
 To snare a fellow?

How will he rail at fate capricious,
 And curse you duly!
Yet now he deems your wiles delicious,
 You perfect, truly!
Pyrrha, your love's a treacherous ocean;
 He'll soon fall in there!
Then shall I gloat on his commotion,
 For I have been there!


Scheme ABXBCDCD EFEFGAGA
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 11110 1111111 1010 111111110 11110 101111010 11010 111111010 01110 111111010 10110 111010010 11101 111111010 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 473
Words 86
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 182
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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