Analysis of Songs Set To Music: 24. Set By Mr. C. R.

Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721



Cloe beauty has, and wit,
And an air that is not common;
Every charm in her does meet,
Fit to make a handsome woman.

But we do not only find
Here a lovely face or feature,
For she's merciful and kind;
Beauty's answer'd by good-nature.

She is always doing good,
Of her favours never sparing,
And, as all good Christians should,
Keeps poor mortals from despairing.

Jove the power knew of her charms,
And that no man could endure 'em,
So providing 'gainst all harms,
Gave to her the power to cure 'em,

And 'twould be a cruel thing,
When her black eyes have raised desire,
Should she not her bucket bring,
And kindly help to quench the fire.


Scheme XAXA BCBC DEDE FGFG ECEC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 110101 01111110 10010011 11101010 1111101 10101110 1110001 1101110 111101 1011010 0111101 11101010 10101101 01111011 1010111 110010111 0110101 101111010 1110101 010111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 628
Words 121
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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