Analysis of For the restoration of my dear Husband from a burning Ague, June, 1661.
Anne Bradstreet 1612 (Northampton) – 1672 (Andover)
When feares and sorrowes me besett,
Then did'st thou rid me out;
When heart did faint and spirits quail,
Thou comforts me about.
Thou rais'st him vp I feard to loose,
Regau'st me him again:
Distempers thou didst chase away;
With strenght didst him sustain.
My thankfull heart, with Pen record
The Goodnes of thy God;
Let thy obedience testefye
He taught thee by his rod.
And with his staffe did thee support,
That thou by both may'st learn;
And 'twixt the good and evill way,
At last, thou mig'st discern.
Praises to him who hath not left
My Soul as destitute;
Nor turnd his ear away from me,
But graunted hath my Suit.
Scheme | AABACDEFAAGAAHEHAAIA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 110111 1111111 11110101 110101 111111111 11101 111101 111101 1111101 01111 1101001 111111 01111101 1111111 0101011 1111101 10111111 11110 11110111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 481 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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