Analysis of In Allusion To The French Song. N'entendez Vous Pas Ce Language



CHORUS.
     THEN UNDERSTAND YOU NOT (FAIR CHOICE)
     THIS LANGUAGE WITHOUT TONGUE OR VOICE?

I.
     How often have my tears
     Invaded your soft ears,
     And dropp'd their silent chimes
     A thousand thousand times?
     Whilst echo did your eyes,
     And sweetly sympathize;
     But that the wary lid
     Their sluces did forbid.

Cho. THEN UNDERSTAND YOU NOT (FAIR CHOICE)
     THIS LANGUAGE WITHOUT TONGUE OR VOICE?

II.
     My arms did plead my wound,
     Each in the other bound;
     Volleys of sighs did crowd,
     And ring my griefs alowd;
     Grones, like a canon-ball,
     Batter'd the marble wall,
     That the kind neighb'ring grove
     Did mutiny for love.

Cho. THEN UNDERSTAND YOU NOT (FAIR CHOICE)
     THIS LANGUAGE WITHOUT TONGUE OR VOICE?

III.
     The rheth'rick of my hand
     Woo'd you to understand;
     Nay, in our silent walk
     My very feet would talk;
     My knees were eloquent,
     And spake the love I meant;
     But deaf unto that ayr,
     They, bent, would fall in prayer.

Cho. YET UNDERSTAND YOU NOT (FAIR CHOICE)
     THIS LANGUAGE WITHOUT TONGUE OR VOICE?

IV.
     No?  Know, then, I would melt
     On every limb I felt,
     And on each naked part
     Spread my expanded heart,
     That not a vein of thee
     But should be fill'd with mee.
     Whilst on thine own down, I
     Would tumble, pant, and dye.

Cho. YOU UNDERSTAND NOT THIS (FAIR CHOICE);
     THIS LANGUAGE WANTS BOTH TONGUE AND VOICE.


Scheme xaA bxxccddee AA bffxegghx AA biijjxxxx aA hkkllmmbb aa
Poetic Form
Metre 10 1011111 11001111 1 110111 010111 011101 010101 110111 01010 110101 11101 11011111 11001111 1 111111 100101 101111 01111 110101 100101 10111 110011 11011111 11001111 1 01111 11101 1010101 110111 110100 010111 111011 111101 11011111 11001111 1 111111 1100111 011101 110101 110111 111111 111111 110101 11011111 11011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,516
Words 228
Sentences 22
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 3, 9, 2, 9, 2, 9, 2, 9, 2
Lines Amount 47
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 13, 2023

1:10 min read
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