Analysis of The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers
Andrew Marvell 1621 (Winestead) – 1678 (London)
SEE with what simplicity
This nymph begins her golden days!
In the green grass she loves to lie,
And there with her fair aspect tames
The wilder flowers, and gives them names;
But only with the roses plays,
And them does tell
What colour best becomes them, and what smell.
Who can foretell for what high cause
This darling of the gods was born?
Yet this is she whose chaster laws
The wanton Love shall one day fear,
And, under her command severe,
See his bow broke and ensigns torn.
Happy who can
Appease this virtuous enemy of man!
O then let me in time compound
And parley with those conquering eyes,
Ere they have tried their force to wound;
Ere with their glancing wheels they drive
In triumph over hearts that strive,
And them that yield but more despise:
Let me be laid,
Where I may see the glories from some shade.
Meantime, whilst every verdant thing
Itself does at thy beauty charm,
Reform the errors of the Spring;
Make that the tulips may have share
Of sweetness, seeing they are fair,
And roses of their thorns disarm;
But most procure
That violets may a longer age endure.
But O, young beauty of the woods,
Whom Nature courts with fruits and flowers,
Gather the flowers, but spare the buds;
Lest Flora, angry at thy crime
To kill her infants in their prime,
Do quickly make th' example yours;
And ere we see,
Nip in the blossom all our hopes and thee.
Scheme | ABXCCBDD XEXFFEGG HIHJJIKK LMLNNMOO XXXPPXAA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (28%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 1110100 11010101 00111111 0110111 010100111 11010101 0111 111011011 11011111 11010111 1111111 01011111 01000101 1111011 1011 01110010011 11110110 010111001 11111111 11110111 01010111 01111101 1111 1111010111 11100101 01111101 01010101 11010111 11010111 01011101 1101 11001010101 11110101 110111010 100101101 11010111 11010011 1101110101 0111 10010110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,474 |
Words | 254 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 215 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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