Analysis of The Wit and the Beau
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
Strephon, whose Person ev'ry Grace
Was careful to adorn;
Thought, by the Beauties of his Face,
In Silvia's Love to find a place,
And wonder'd at her Scorn.
With Bows, and Smiles he did his Part;
But Oh! 'twas all in vain:
A Youth less Fine, a Youth of Art
Had talk'd himself into her Heart,
And wou'd not out again.
Strephon with change of Habits press'd,
And urg'd her to admire;
His Love alone the Other dress'd,
As Verse, or Prose became it best,
And mov'd her soft Desire.
This found, his courtship Strephon ends,
Or makes it to his Glass;
There, in himself now seeks amends,
Convinc'd, that where a Wit pretends,
A Beau is but an Ass.
Scheme | ABAABCXCCX DXDDX EFEEF |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111011 110101 11010111 0111101 010101 11011111 111101 01110111 11010101 011101 1111101 010101 11010101 11110111 0101010 111111 111111 10011101 01110101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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