Analysis of Songs Set To Music: 12. Set By Mr. Smith
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Since my words, though ne'er so tender,
With sincerest truth express'd,
Cannot make your heart surrender,
Nor so much as warm your breast;
What will move the springs of Nature
What will make you think me true?
Tell me, thou mysterious creature,
Tell poor Strephon what will do.
Do not, Charmion, rack your lover
Thus, by seeming not to know
What so plainly all discover,
What his eyes so plainly show.
Fair one, 'tis yourself deceiving,
'Tis against your reason's laws;
Atheist-like (th' effect perceiving)
Still to disbelieve the cause.
| Scheme | ABAB ACAC ADAD EXEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11111110 11101 10111010 1111111 11101110 1111111 111010010 111111 111001110 1110111 11101010 1111101 11101010 101111 10011101010 1100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 530 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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