Analysis of Thou Gaudy Idle World Adieu
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
Thou Gaudy Idle world adieu,
& all thy tinsell Joys;
I lovd thee dearly once tis true,
But since a better choice I knew,
Ive made that better choice.
My wishes mount above the sky
Upon the wings of faith,
My soul shall follow when I dy,
For much I doubt if bodys fly,
What ever Asgill saith.
All things are fickle here below,
How ere above they be,
& If I had not left thee now,
Thy pleasures had left me.
Count but the changes Memory
Which your short time has known,
This is the third King which you see
Upon the English throne.
The Irish who by Williams reign
Were run so much aground,
Do by the Trust (confound it) Gain
three hundred thousand pound.
& My acquaintance wonder not
When you my change discover
Ev'n Methwin has a prayr book bought
'Gainst Rochester comes over.
Scheme | ABAACDEADEFGHGGIGIJKJKLMLM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 1111 11110111 11010111 111101 11010101 010111 11110111 1111111 11011 11110101 110111 1111111 110111 11010100 111111 11011111 010101 01011101 011101 11010111 110101 1010101 1111010 11110111 110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 759 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 604 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 148 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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