Analysis of An Imitation Of Anacreon
Jean de La Fontaine 1621 (Château-Thierry) – 1695 (Paris)
PAINTER in Paphos and Cythera famed
Depict, I pray, the absent Iris' face.
Thou hast not seen the lovely nymph I've named;
The better for thy peace. - Then will I trace
For thy instruction her transcendent grace.
Begin with lily white and blushing rose,
Take then the Loves and Graces... But what good
Words, idle words? for Beauty's Goddess could
By Iris be replaced, nor one suppose
The secret fraud - their grace so equal shows.
Thou at Cythera couldst, at Paphos too,
Of the same Iris Venus form anew.
| Scheme | ABABBCDDCCEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001011 0111010101 1111010111 0101111111 1101000101 0111010101 1101010111 110111101 110111101 0101111101 1111111 1011010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 494 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 393 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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