Analysis of Nature
James Beattie 1735 (Laurencekirk) – 1803 (Aberdeen)
O how canst thou renounce the boundless store
Of charms which Nature to her votary yields!
The warbling woodland, the resounding shore,
The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields;
All that the genial ray of morning gilds,
And all that echoes to the song of even,
All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields,
And all the dread magnificence of heaven,
O how canst thou renounce and hope to be forgiven!
Scheme | ABABBCBDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 111101011 0100100101 01110111 1101011101 01110101110 11010100101 01011110 1111010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 406 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 325 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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