Analysis of Gossipping
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
These are the spiders of society;
They weave their petty webs of lies and sneers,
And lie themselves in ambush for the spoil.
The web seems fair, and glitters in the sun,
And the poor victim winds him in the toil
Before he dreams of danger, or of death.
Alas, the misery that such inflict!
A word, a look, have power to wring the heart.
And leave it struggling hopeless in the net
Spread by the false and cruel, who delight
In the ingenious torment they contrive.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010100 1111011101 010101101 0111010001 0011011001 0111110111 0101001101 01011101101 01110010001 1101010101 000101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 463 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 363 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on December 06, 2016
Modified by Madeleine Quinn on March 04, 2020
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