Analysis of Affection
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
There is in life no blessing like affection:
It soothes, it hallows, elevates, subdues,
And bringeth down to earth its native heaven.
It sits besides the cradle patient hours,
Whose sole contentment is to watch and love;
It bendeth o'er the death-bed, and conceals
Its own despair with words of faith and hope.
Life has nought else that may supply its place:
Void is ambition, cold is vanity,
And wealth an empty glitter, without love.
Scheme | ABABCBDBEC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011101010 11110101 0111111010 11010101010 1101011101 1110011001 1101111101 1111110111 1101011100 0111010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 426 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 344 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on November 13, 2015
Modified by Madeleine Quinn on March 01, 2020
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