Analysis of Beneath A Mountain's Brow
John Trumbull 1750 (Watertown) – 1831 (Detroit)
"Beneath a mountain's brow, the most remote
And inaccessible by Shepherds trod,
In a deep cave, dug by no mortals hands
An Hermit lived,--a melancholy man
Who was the wonder of our wand'ring swains:
Austere and lonely--cruel to himself
They did report him--the cold earth his bed,
Water his drink, his food the Shepherd's alms.
I went to see him, and my heart was touched
With reverence and pity. Mild he spake,
And entering on discourse, such stories told,
As made me oft re-visit his sad cell."
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Metre | 0101010101 001001101 0011111101 110101001 11010110111 0101010101 1101101111 1011110101 1111101111 1100010111 01001101101 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 504 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 384 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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