Analysis of Song

Lady Mary Chudleigh 1656 (Devon) – 1710



Why Damon, why, why, why so pressing?
The Heart you beg's not worth possessing:
Each Look, each Word, each Smile's affected,
And inward Charms are quite neglected:
Then scorn her, scorn her, foolish Swain,
And sigh no more, no more in vain.

Beauty's worthless, fading, flying;
Who would for Trifles think of dying?
Who for a Face, a Shape, wou'd languish,
And tell the Brooks, and Groves his Anguish,
Till she, till she thinks fit to prize him,
And all, and all beside despise him?

Fix, fix your Thoughts on what's inviting,
On what will never bear the slighting:
Wit and Virtue claim your Duty,
They're much more worth that Gold and Beauty:
To them, to them, your Heart resign,
And you'll no more, no more repine.


Scheme AABBCC AADDEE AAFFXC
Poetic Form
Metre 110111110 011111010 111111010 010111010 11010101 01111101 1101010 111101110 110101110 010101110 111111111 010101011 111111010 111101010 10101110 111111010 11111101 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 705
Words 129
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 181
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Lady Mary Chudleigh

Mary Chudleigh was an English poet. Part of an intellectual circle that included Mary Astell, Elizabeth Thomas, Judith Drake, Elizabeth Elstob, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and John Norris, in her later years, she published a book of poetry and two books of essays, all dealing with feminist themes; two of her books went through four editions during the last ten years of her life. Her poetry about human relationships and reactions has been anthologized ever since, and her feminist essays are still being reprinted. more…

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