Analysis of Songs Set To Music: 25.
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Since, Moggy, I mun bid adieu,
How can I help despairing?
Let cruel Fate us still pursue,
There's nought more worth my caring.
'Twas she alone could calm my soul
When racking thoughts did grieve me;
Her eyes my trouble could control,
And into joys deceive me.
Farewell ye brooks! no more along
Your banks mun I be walking;
No more you'll hear my pipe or song,
Or pretty Moggy's talking.
But I by death an end will give
To grief since we mun sever;
For who can after parting live,
Ought to be wretched ever.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EBEB XFXF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111101 1111010 11011101 1111110 11011111 1101111 01110101 0011011 1111101 1111110 11111111 110110 11111111 1111110 11110101 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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