Analysis of Inscriptions: II: For A Statue Of Chaucer At Woodstock
Mark Akenside 1721 (Newcastle upon Tyne) – 1770
Such was old Chaucer. such the placid mien
Of him who first with harmony inform'd
The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt
For many a cheerful day. these ancient walls
Have often heard him, while his legends blithe
He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles
Of homely life: through each estate and age,
The fashions and the follies of the world
With cunning hand portraying. Though perchance
From Blenheim's towers, o stranger, thou art come
Glowing with Churchill's trophies; yet in vain
Dost thou applaud them, if thy breast be cold
To him, this other hero; who, in times
Dark and untaught, began with charming verse
To tame the rudeness of his native land.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111010101 1111110001 01011010111 11001011101 1101111101 111111101 1101110101 0100010101 1101010101 1110110111 1011010101 1101111111 1111010101 101011101 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 658 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 526 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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