Analysis of Songs Set To Music: 16. Set By Mr. Smith
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Accept, my Love, as true a heart
As ever lover gave;
'Tis free (it vows) from my art,
And proud to be your slave.
Then take it kindly, as 'twas meant,
And let the giver live,
Who with it would the world have sent
Had it been his to give.
And that Dorinda may not fear
I e'er will prove untrue,
My vows shall, ending with the year,
With it begin a new.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 01111101 110101 1111111 011111 11110111 010101 11110111 111111 01010111 1101101 11110101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 349 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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