Analysis of Venus Mistaken

Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721



When Cloe's Picture was to Venus shown;
Surpriz'd, the Goddess took it for Her own.
And what, said She, does this bold Painter mean?
When was I Bathing thus, and Naked seen?

Pleas'd Cupid heard, and check'd His Mother's Pride:
And who's blind now, Mamma? the Urchin cry'd.
'Tis Cloe's Eye, and Cheek, and Lip, and Breast:
Friend Howard's Genius fancy'd all the rest.


Scheme AABB CCDD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111011101 101011101 0111111101 1111010101 1101011101 0111100101 111010101 110101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 367
Words 66
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Matthew Prior

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