Analysis of On The Soft And Gentle Motions Of Eudora

Anne Killigrew 1660 (London) – 1685 (London)



Divine Thalia strike th' Harmonious Lute,
But with a Stroke so Gentle as may sute
The silent gliding of the Howers,
Or yet the calmer growth of Flowers;
Th' ascending or the falling Dew,
Which none can see, though all find true.
For thus alone,
Can be shewn,
How downie, how smooth,
Eudora doth Move,
How Silken her Actions appear,
The Aire of her Face,
Of a gentler Grace
Then those that do stroke the Eare.
Her Address so sweet,
So Modestly Meet,

That 'tis not the Lowd though Tuneable String,
Can shewforth so soft, so Noyseless a Thing!
O This to express from thy Hand must fall,
Then Musicks self, something more Musical.


Scheme AABBCCDDXXEBBEFF GGXX
Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 011011101001 1101110111 01010101 110101110 1101010101 11111111 1101 111 11011 01011 11001001 01101 10101 1111101 0111 11001 11101111 11111101 1110111111 111101100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 617
Words 116
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 244
Words per stanza (avg) 57
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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