Analysis of A Song. Go Tell Amynta, Gentle Swain
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
1.
Go tell Amynta, gentle swain,
I would not die, nor dare complain.
Thy tuneful voice with numbers join,
Thy voice will more prevail than mine;
For souls opprest and dumb with grief,
The gods ordain'd this kind relief.
That music should in sounds convey
What dying lovers dare not say.
2.
A sigh or tear perhaps she'll give,
But love on pity cannot live:
Tell her that hearts for hearts were made,
And love with love is only paid,
Tell her my pains so fast increase
That soon it will be past redress;
For the wretch that speechless lies,
Attends but death to close his eyes.
Scheme | ABBXXCCDD AXXEEXXFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 111101 11111101 11011101 11110111 1110111 01011101 11010101 11010111 1 01110111 11110101 10111101 01111101 10111101 11111101 1011101 01111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 566 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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