Analysis of Songs Set To Music: 7. Set By Mr. De Fesch
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Phillis, this pious talk give o'er,
And modesty pretend no more,
It is too plain an art:
Surely you take me for a fool,
And would by this prove me so dull
As not to know your heart.
In vain you fancy to deceive;
For truly I can ne'er believe
But this is all a sham,
Since any one may plainly see
You'd only save yourself with me,
And with another damn.
| Scheme | XXAXXA BBCDDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101110 01000111 111111 10111101 01111111 111111 01110101 11011101 111101 11011101 11010111 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 349 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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