Analysis of To The God Of Fond Desire
James Thomson 1700 (Port Glasgow) – 1748 (London)
One day the God of fond desire,
On mischief bent, to Damon said,
'Why not disclose your tender fire,
Now own it to the lovely maid?'
The shepherd marked his treacherous art,
And, softly sighing, thus replied:
''Tis true you have subdued my heart,
But shall not triumph o'er my pride.
'The slave, in private only bears
Your bondage, who his love conceals
But when his passion he declares,
You drag him at your chariot-wheels.'
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 110111010 11011101 110111010 11110101 010111001 01010101 11110111 111101011 01010101 11011101 11110101 111111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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