Analysis of For Philip Ridgate Esq.
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
To friend with fingers quick & limber,
I send this piece of tunefull timber:
that, as 'tis said in Orpheus story,
He may teach trees to dance a Bory;
Or else in modern Phrase more knavish,
He may the heart of broomstick ravish.
The man whose parts in Taverns shine,
Doates on the merry pipe of wine;
& he who late has got his pate full,
perceives the water pipe is gratefull;
But these are pipes that still are mute,
there is some musick in a flute.
Which since I as a present send,
the presents worth to recommend,
Ile in soft words its praises warble,
translated from Italian marble.
'When ere we hear its strains & closes,
'Enchanted reason sweetly dozes,
'on laps of nymphs, & beds of roses;
'the Soul that all its charms admires,
'for lodgings in the ear enquires;
'Gay pictures do the Fancy store;
'& passions felt but heard no more.
All that my author says is true,
When th' instrument is playd by you.
& least you think I came by this ill,
Splut her was preed her from a whistle.
Scheme | AABACCDDEEFFGGHHIIIJIKKLLMH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110110 11111110 1111010010 11111101 11010111 1101111 01110101 11010111 11111111 01010111 11111111 11110001 11110101 0101101 101111010 010101010 11111110 010101010 11111110 01111101 1100011 11010101 1011111 11110111 1111001111 11111111 101101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 969 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 757 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 187 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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