Analysis of Song A-La-Mode



O'er the Desert, cross the Meadows,
Hunters blew the merry Horn ;
Phoebus chas'd the flying Shadows :
Eccho, she reply'd, in Scorn ;
Still adoring,
And deploring,
Why must Thirsis lose his Life ?

Rivers murmur'd from their Fountains,
Acorns dropping from the Oaks,
Fawns came tripping o'er the Mountains,
Fishes bit the naked Hooks ;
Still admiring,
And desiring :
When shall Phillis be a Wife.


Scheme ABABCCD EXEXCCD
Poetic Form
Metre 10010101 1010101 1010101 11101 1010 0010 111111 10101110 1010101 111010010 1010101 1010 00100 1110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 389
Words 64
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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