Analysis of Apelles' Song
Cupid and my Campaspe played
At cards for kisses; Cupid paid:
He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows,
His mother's doves, and team of sparrows;
Loses them too; then down he throws
The coral of his lip, the rose
Growing on's cheek (but none knows how);
With these, the crystal of his brow,
And then the dimple on his chin;
All these did my Campaspe win:
And last he set her both his eyes -
She won, and Cupid blind did rise.
O Love! has she done this to thee?
What shall, alas! become of me?
Scheme | AABBBBCCDDEE FF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111 11110101 111101010 110101110 10111111 01011101 10111111 11010111 01010111 111111 01110111 11010111 11111111 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 484 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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