Analysis of On Mrs. Ar: F: Leaving London
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
From Town fair Arabella flies,
The Beaux unpowder'd grieve,
The Rivers play before her eyes,
The Breezes softly breathing rise
The Spring begins to live.
Her Lovers swore they must expire
Yet quickly find their Ease,
For as she goes, their Flames retire
Love thrives before a nearer fire
Esteem by distant Rays.
Yet soon the Fair one will return
When Summer quits the Plain
Ye Rivers pour the weeping Urn,
Ye Breezes sadly sighing mourn,
Ye Lovers burn again.
'Tis constancy enough in Love
That Nature's fairly shewn
To search for more will fruitless prove
Romances and the Turtle Dove
The Virtue boast alone.
Scheme | ABAACDEDFGHIHJKLHMLN |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1110101 0111 01010101 01010101 010111 01011101 110111 11111101 110101010 011101 11011101 110101 11010101 11010101 110101 11000101 110101 11111101 01000101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 599 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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