Analysis of Song II
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
When thy Beauty appears
In its Graces and Airs,
All bright as an Angel new dropt from the Sky;
At distance I gaze, and am aw'd by my Fears,
So strangely you dazzle my Eye!
But when without Art,
Your kind Thoughts you impart,
When your Love runs in Blushes thro' ev'ry Vein;
When it darts from your Eyes, when it pants in your Heart,
Then I know you're a Woman again.
There's a Passion and Pride
In our Sex, (she reply'd,)
And thus (might I gratify both) I wou'd do:
Still an Angel appear to each Lover beside,
But still be a Woman to you.
Scheme | ABCACDDEDFGDHGH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111001 011001 11111011101 11011011111 11011011 11011 111101 1111010111 111111111011 111101001 101001 010111 0111101111 111001111001 11101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 406 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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