Analysis of Lines on the Death of Julia



Accept, bright spirit, reft in life's best bloom
This votive wreath to thy untimely tomb.
Formed to adorn all scenes, and charm in all,
The fire-side circle, and the courtly hall;
Thy friends to gladden, and thy home to bless;---
Fair form thou hadst, and grace, and graciousness;
A mind that sought, a tongue that spoke, the truth,
And thought mature beneath the smiles of youth.
Dear, dear young friend! ingenuous, cordial heart!
And can it be, that thou shouldst first depart?
That age should sorrow o'er thy youthful shrine?
It owns more near, more sacred griefs than mine;
Yet, midst the many who thy loss deplore,
Few loved thee better, and few mourn thee more.


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Poetic Form
Metre 0111010111 111110101 1101110101 01011000101 1111001111 1111010100 0111011101 0101010111 11110100101 0111111101 11110101101 1111110111 1101011101 1111001111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 662
Words 119
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 517
Words per stanza (avg) 116
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. more…

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