Analysis of Songs Set To Music: 19. Set By Mr. C. R.
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Phillis, give this humour over,
We too long have time abused;
I shall turn an errant rover
If the favour's still refused.
Faith 'tis nonsense out of measure,
Without ending thus to see
Women forced to taste a pleasure
Which they love as well as we.
Let not pride and folly share you,
We were made but to enjoy;
Ne'er will Age or Censure spare you
E'er the more for being coy.
Never fancy time's before you;
Youth believe me will away;
Then, alas! who will adore you,
Or to wrinkles tribute pay?
All the swains on you attending
Show how much your charms deserve;
But, miser-like, for fear of spending
You amidst your plenty starve.
While a thousand freer lasses,
Who their youth and charms employ,
Though your beauty theirs surpasses,
Live in far more perfect joy.
Scheme | ABAB ACAC DEDE DFDF GXGX CEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 1011110 1111101 11111010 101101 11101110 0110111 10111010 1111111 11101011 1011101 11111011 10011101 10101011 1011101 10111011 1110101 10111010 1111101 110111110 1011101 1010101 1110101 11101010 1011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 748 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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