Analysis of Amoret

Mark Akenside 1721 (Newcastle upon Tyne) – 1770



If rightly tuneful bards decide,
  If it be fix'd in Love's decrees,
That Beauty ought not to be tried
  But by its native power to please,
Then tell me, youths and lovers, tell—
What fair can Amoret excel?

Behold that bright unsullied smile,
  And wisdom speaking in her mien:
Yet—she so artless all the while,
  So little studious to be seen—
We naught but instant gladness know,
Nor think to whom the gift we owe.

But neither music, nor the powers
  Of youth and mirth and frolic cheer,
Add half the sunshine to the hours,
  Or make life's prospect half so clear,
As memory brings it to the eye
From scenes where Amoret was by.

This, sure, is Beauty's happiest part;
  This gives the most unbounded sway;
This shall enchant the subject heart
  When rose and lily fade away;
And she be still, in spite of Time,
Sweet Amoret in all her prime.


Scheme ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011 11110101 11011111 111101011 11110101 111101 01110101 01010001 1111101 110100111 1111011 11110111 110101010 11010101 11011010 11110111 110011101 111111 11111001 11010101 11010011 11010101 01110111 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 834
Words 155
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mark Akenside

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