Analysis of The Old Stoic
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
Riches I hold in light esteem;
And Love I laugh to scorn;
And lust of fame was but a dream
That vanished with the morn:
And if I pray, the only prayer
That moves my lips for me
Is, 'Leave the heart that now I bear,
And give me liberty!'
Yes, as my swift days near their goal,
'Tis all that I implore;
In life and death, a chainless soul,
With courage to endure.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 10110101 011111 01111101 110101 01110101 111111 11011111 011100 11111111 111101 0101011 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 360 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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