Analysis of Love In Disguise
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
To stifle Passion is no easy Thing,
A Heart in Love is always on the Wing;
The bold Betrayer flutters still,
And fans the Breath prepar'd to tell:
It melts the Tongue, and tunes the Throat,
And moves the Lips to form the Note;
And when the Speech is lost,
It then sends out its Ghost,
A little Sigh,
To say we dye.
'Tis strange the Air that Cools, a Flame shou'd prove,
But wonder not, it is the Air of Love.
Yet Chloris I can make my Love look well,
And cover bleeding Wounds I can't conceal,
My Words such artful Accents break,
You think I rather act than speak:
My Sighs enliven'd thro' a Smile,
Your unsuspecting Thoughts beguile;
My Eyes are vary'd so,
You can't their Wishes know:
And I'm so gay,
You think I play.
Happy Contrivance! such as can't be priz'd,
To Live in Love, and yet to Live disguis'd.
Scheme | AABCDDEFGGHICJKLMMNNOOPP |
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Metre | 1101011101 010111101 011101 01010111 11010101 01011101 010111 111111 0101 1111 1101110111 1101110111 1101111111 0101011101 11110101 11110111 11010101 1010101 11111 111101 0111 1111 1001011111 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 794 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 613 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 155 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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