Analysis of Song XI. - Perhaps it is not love
William Shenstone 1714 (Halesowen) – 1763 (Halesowen)
Perhaps it is not love, said I,
That melts my soul when Flavia's nigh;
Where wit and sense like hers agree,
One may be pleased, and yet be free.
The beauties of her polish'd mind
It needs no lover's eye to find;
The hermit freezing in his cell
Might wish the gentle Flavia well.
It is not love-averse to bear
The servile chain that lovers wear;
Let, let me all my fears remove,
My doubts dispel-it is not love.
Oh! when did wit so brightly shine
In any form less fair than thine?
It is-it is love's subtle fire,
And under friendship lurks desire.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX FFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 01111111 1111111 11011001 11110111 01010101 11110111 01010011 110101001 11110111 01011101 11111101 11011111 11111101 01011111 111111010 010101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 539 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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