Analysis of Young Philomela's Powrfull Dart
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
Young Philomela's powrfull dart
Two gentle shepheard's hitt
With Beauty touchd Amintors heart
Celadons with witt
The Rivall swains on either side
Their am'rous pangs expressd
Till young Amintor she denyd
Celadon she blessd
The youth who mett a mutuall fire
In pleasure lost his pain
The others hopeless flames expire
Beneath a cold disdain
Ye Priests of love ye Poets tell
What Cupids forces are
If when the suit goes ill or well
No more we serve a fair.
Scheme | ABABCAAADEFEGHGI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11011 110111 111 0111101 1111 11111 1011 01110110 010111 01010101 010101 11111101 110101 11011111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 371 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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