Analysis of Song
John Lyly 1553 (Canterbury) – 1606 (London)
Gran.
O For a Bowle of fatt Canary,
Rich Palermo, sparkling Sherry,
Some Nectar else, from Iuno's Daiery,
O these draughts would make vs merry.
Psyllus.
O for a wench, (I deale in faces,
And in other dayntier things,)
Tickled am I with her Embraces,
Fine dancing in such Fairy Ringes.
Manes.
O for a plump fat leg of Mutton,
Veale, Lambe, Capon, Pigge, & Conney,
None is happy but a Glutton,
None an Asse but who wants money.
Chor.
Wines (indeed,) & Girles are good,
But braue victuals feast the bloud,
For wenches, wine, and Lusty cheere,
Ioue would leape down to surfet heere.
Scheme | ABBBB CCCCC CXAAB BDDBB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1 110111010 10101010 1101111 111111010 1 110111010 001011 101110010 11001101 1 110111110 11111 1110101 11111110 1 101111 111101 11010101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 574 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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