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 |
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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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