Analysis of Art above nature: to julia
When I behold a forest spread
With silken trees upon thy head;
And when I see that other dress
Of flowers set in comeliness;
When I behold another grace
In the ascent of curious lace,
Which, like a pinnacle, doth shew
The top, and the top-gallant too;
Then, when I see thy tresses bound
Into an oval, square, or round,
And knit in knots far more than I.
Can tell by tongue, or True-love tie;
Next, when those lawny films I see
Play with a wild civility;
And all those airy silks to flow,
Alluring me, and tempting so--
I must confess, mine eye and heart
Dotes less on nature than on art.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 11010111 01111101 110101 11010101 000111001 11010011 01001101 11111101 01110111 01011111 11111111 1111111 11010100 01110111 01010101 11011101 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 451 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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