Analysis of In Biddy's Cheeks Ye Roses Blow
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
In Biddy's Cheeks ye roses blow
In Cattys nose they rise
From Biddys lips soft accents flow
And streams from Catty's Eyes
The jet that Biddy's brows display
To Catty's teeth repairs
And Biddy's Lillies bleachd to grey
Appear in Catty's hairs
Yet all ye world sweet Biddy toast
neglected Catty lyes
While she deserves ye Bumper most
who most attracts our Eyes
Scheme | ABABCDCDEBEB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111101 01111 1111101 01111 0111101 11101 011111 01011 11111101 010101 11011101 1101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 355 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 290 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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