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 |
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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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