Analysis of Quick! We Have But a Second
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Quick! we have but a second,
Fill round the cup while you may;
For time, the churl, hath beckon'd,
And we must away, away!
Grasp the pleasure that's flying,
For oh, not Orpheus' strain
Could keep sweet hours from dying,
Or charm them to life again.
Then, quick! we have but a second,
Fill round the cup while you may!
For Time, the churl hath beckon'd,
And we must away, away.
See the glass, how it flushes,
Like some young Hebe's lip,
And half meets thine, and blushes
That thou shouldst delay to sip.
Shame, oh shame unto thee,
If ever thou see'st that day,
When a cup or lip shall woo thee,
And turn untouch'd away!
Then, quick! we have but a second,
Fill round, fill round while you may,
For Time, the churl, hath beckon'd,
And we must away, away!
Scheme | aBABcxcxABAB xdxdebebAbAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010 1101111 1101110 0110101 1010110 1111001 11110110 1111101 11111010 1101111 1101110 0110101 1011110 11111 0111010 1110111 111101 11011111 10111111 010101 11111010 1111111 1101110 0110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 759 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 281 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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