Analysis of Had I a Heart for Falsehood Framed

Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1751 (Dublin) – 1816 (London)



Had I a heart for falsehood framed,
I ne'er could injure you;
For though your tongue no promise claimed,
Your charms would make me true:
To you no soul shall bear deceit,
No stranger offer wrong;
But friends in all the aged you'll meet,
And lovers in the young.

For when they learn that you have blest
Another with your heart,
They'll bid aspiring passion rest,
And act a brother's part;
Then, lady, dread not here deceit,
Nor fear to suffer wrong;
For friends in all the aged you'll meet,
And lovers in the young.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 111101 11111101 111111 11111101 110101 11010111 010001 11111111 010111 11010101 010101 11011101 111101 11010111 010001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 521
Words 97
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 199
Words per stanza (avg) 48
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Irish satirist, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. more…

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