Analysis of Cupid, Hymen, And Plutus.
As Cupid, with his band of sprites,
In Paphian grove set things to rights,
And trimmed his bow and tipped his arrows,
And taught, to play with Lesbia, sparrows,
Thus Hymen said: "Your blindness makes,
O Cupid, wonderful mistakes!
You send me such ill-coupled folks:
It grieves me, now, to give them yokes.
An old chap, with his troubles laden,
You bind to a light-hearted maiden;
Or join incongruous minds together,
To squabble for a pin or feather
Until they sue for a divorce;
To which the wife assents - of course."
"It is your fault, and none of mine,"
Cupid replied. "I hearts combine:
You trade in settlements and deeds,
And care not for the heart that bleeds.
You couple them for gold and fee;
Complain of Plutus - not of me."
Then Plutus added: "What can I do? -
The settlement is what they spy to.
Say, does Belinda blame her fate? -
She only asked a great estate.
Doris was rich enough, but humble:
She got a title - does she grumble?
All men want money - not a shoe-tie
Care they for excellence or beauty.
Oh all, my boys, is right enough:
They got the money - hearts is stuff."
Scheme | AAAAAAAABBCCAA DDAAEE FFGGHHXEII |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011111 0111111 011101110 01111110 11011101 11010001 11111101 11111111 111111010 111011010 1101001010 110101110 01111001 1101111 11110111 10011110 11010001 01110111 11011101 0111111 11101111 010011111 11010101 11010101 101101110 110101110 111101011 111100110 11111101 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,068 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 6, 10 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 275 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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