Analysis of Song
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
The nymph in vain bestows her pains
That seeks to thrive where Bacchus reigns;
In vain are charms, or smiles, or frowns,
All images his torrent drowns.
Flames to the head he may impart,
But makes an island of the heart,
So inaccessible and cold,
That to be his is to be old.
Scheme | AABB CCDD |
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Poetic Form | Rispetto |
Metre | 01010101 11111101 01111111 11001101 11011101 11110101 1010001 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 275 |
Words | 55 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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