Analysis of The Penitent
Anne Brontë 1820 (Thornton, West Yorkshire) – 1849 (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
I mourn with thee and yet rejoice
That thou shouldst sorrow so;
With Angel choirs I join my voice
To bless the sinner's woe.
Though friends and kindred turn away
And laugh thy grief to scorn,
I hear the great Redeemer say
'Blessed are ye that mourn'.
Hold on thy course nor deem it strange
That earthly cords are riven.
Man may lament the wondrous change
But 'There is joy in Heaven'!
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 11110101 111101 11011111 11011 11010101 011111 110111 11111 11111111 1101110 11010101 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 74 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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