If only I had some paper! Both of them, like Athena from the head of Zeus, were born full-armed, perfect. You will notice that the accompaniment of the song is marked pp, which gives a chance to express a subdued wonderment in the voice in measures The attributes of Sylvia in the first stanza are such as to strike the physical eye, giving the impression of a beautiful, but cold, statue. In the second verse, to a pp accompaniment, the poet asks whether her inner nature, her human qualities of love and sympathy, correspond with her outward appearance.
In measures the voice must express a desire to hear an affirmative answer. Measures carry out that idea in a tone of quiet, but warm, assertion. The foregoing analysis is mainly suggestive, and not in any way final or complete. Do not be afraid to change. It is a sign of growth. In art you must welcome it as you would anywhere else, and with even more joy, because it brings increase in power to what you love. A Substitute for the Italian Aria.
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Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling: To her let us garlands bring. Analysis of form: The song is organized into three five-line stanzas. While you might, at a glance, note the "-ings" in all five lines the A lines are a simple "-ing", while the B lines are "-elling" endings. The A lines are all written in trochaic meter with a truncated or masculine ending or, if you prefer, consist of two trochees DUM-ta followed by an amphimacer or cretic foot DUM-ta-DUM.
The B lines are opposite - either iambic meter with a truncated feminine ending or, if you prefer, two iambs ta-DUM followed by an amphibrach ta-DUM-ta. Here's a rather dizzyinv video that "reads along" with the lyrics auf Deutsch while a recording by one of my favorite baritones ever, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, sings to a simple piano accompaniment by Gerald Moore.
Seriously, it doesn't get much better than that pairing when it comes to art songs. The song also appeared evidently as part of a musical called Shakespeare, Sonnets, and Rock 'n' Roll , which I wish I'd known about before today. The last two sentences rhyme and therefore do not follow the rhyme scheme. This is quite logical, because the writer describes his own lover.
In this way, you get to know his personal feelings from his own perspective. It is written in the third person. The writer discusses the characteristics of Sylvia.
The tone set in the poem, which is admiring and weighing, is created to let the reader wonder about all the characteristics of Sylvia.
Shakespeare has a positive view on Sylvia, but still he has a doubtful edge. He emphasizes all her imperfections. No Fear Act 4 Scene 2 Page 2. Page 2. I thank you for your own sake. They talk apart. JULIA is disguised as a page, and they talk apart from the others. I pray you, why is it? Now, my young guest, it seems to me you feel melancholy. Please tell me, why is it?
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