Analysis of To Miss---,
Samuel Johnson 1709 (Lichfield) – 1784 (London)
{On her giving the author a gold and silk
net-work purse of her own weaving}.
Though gold and silk their charms unite
To make thy curious web delight,
In vain the varied work would shine,
If wrought by any hand but thine;
Thy hand that knows the subtler art,
To weave those nets that catch the heart.
Spread out by me the roving coin,
Thy nets may catch, but not confine;
Nor can I hope thy silken chain
The glittering vagrants shall restrain.
Why, Stella, was it then decreed
The heart once caught should ne'er be freed.
Scheme | XX AABBCCXBDDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10100100101 11110110 1101111 111100101 01010111 11110111 111101001 11111101 11110101 11111101 11111101 010010101 11011101 01111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 516 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 12 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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