Analysis of Jupiter And Fortune.
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
Once Jupiter, from out the Skies,
Beheld a thousand Temples rise;
The Goddess Fortune all invok'd,
To Jove an Altar seldom smoak'd:
The God resolv'd to make Inspection,
What had occasion'd this Defection;
And bid the Goddess tell the Arts,
By which she won deluded Hearts.
My Arts! (says she) Great Jove, you know,
That I do ev'ry Thing below:
I make my Vot'ries dine on Plate;
I give the gilded Coach of State;
Bestow the glitt'ring Gems, that deck
The fair Lavinia's lovely Neck;
I make Novella Nature's Boast,
And raise Valeria to a Toast;
'Tis I, who give the Stupid, Taste,
(Or make the Poets lie, at least);
My fav'rite Sons, whene'er they please,
Can Palaces in Desarts raise,
Cut out Canals, make Fountains play,
And make the dreary Waste look gay;
Ev'n Vice seems Virtue by my Smiles;
I gild the Villain's gloomy Wiles,
Nay, almost raise him to a God,
While crowded Levees wait his Nod.
Enough--the Thunderer reply'd;
But say, whom have you satisfy'd?
These boasted Gifts are thine, I own;
But know, Content is mine alone.
Scheme | AABBCCDD EEFFGGHHXXXXIIJJKK BBLL |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (23%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11001101 1010101 01010101 11110101 010111010 110101010 01010101 11110101 11111111 1111101 1111111 11010111 0101111 011101 11010101 010100101 11110101 11010111 111111 1100011 11011101 01010111 111110111 1101101 1111101 11010111 01011 111111 11011111 11101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,010 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 18, 4 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 262 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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