Analysis of A Parody Of Donec Gratus Eram In A dialogue Between M--- & His Wife
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
He. When first my Biddy love profest
My rapture ran so high
Not Gentle S---s fondly prest
To beautious G---s panting breast
Was half so blest as I
She. When first my bard you taught my name
To sound in Song divine
Not S---s exalted fame
Tho S---s a P--- aim
I wishd instead of mine
He. But now the Muse thy late delight
You See thy rival prove
For night & day & day & night
To write & read & read & write
Is all ye life I love
She Forlorn yet senceless of ye pain
I to the Mirrour fly
Survey my self am Justly vain
And but I know my self again
For that dear face coud dy
He. But shoud thy Bard no longer pore
Wilt thou forsake thy glass
If I admire my works no more
Wilt thou to court thy shade give o're
And all be as it was
She Since none but we our rivals are
And none the lovers too
Be fond or void of am'rous care
I fond or vain of being fair
Yet both are ever true.
Scheme | ABAABCDCCDAEAAFGBGHAIJIKLMANNO |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (37%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 11111011 110111 11011101 1111101 111111 111111111 110101 1110101 111011 110111 111011101 111101 11111 11111 111111 10111111 11011 01111101 01111101 111111 111111101 110111 11011111 111111111 011111 1111110101 010101 1111111 11111101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 851 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 656 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 188 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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