Analysis of Fate
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
The steps of Fate are dark and terrible;
And not here may we trace them to the goal.
If I could doubt the heaven in which I hope,
The doubt would vanish, gazing upon life,
And seeing what it needs of peace and rest.
Life is but like a journey during night.
We toil through gloomy paths of the unknown ;
Heavy the footsteps are with pitfalls round;
And few and faint the stars that guide our way :
But, at the last, comes morning ; glorious
Shines forth the light of day, and so will shine
The heaven which is our future and our home.
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 413 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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