Analysis of Apollo's Song
My Daphne's hair is twisted gold,
Bright stars apiece her eyes do hold,
My Daphne's brow enthrones the Graces,
My Daphne's beauty stains all faces,
On Daphne's cheek grow rose and cherry,
On Daphne's lip a sweeter berry,
Daphne's snowy hand but touched does melt,
And then no heavenlier warmth is felt,
My Daphne's voice tunes all the spheres,
My Daphne's music charms all ears.
Fond am I thus to sing her praise;
These glories now are turned to bays.
Scheme | AABCDDEEFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 11010111 11011010 110101110 110111010 110101010 101011111 0111111 11011101 11010111 11111101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 352 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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