Analysis of To The True Patroness of all Poetry, Calliope
Francis Beaumont 1584 (Grace-Dieu) – 1616 (London)
It is a statute in deep wisdom's lore,
That for his lines none should a patron chuse
By wealth and poverty, by less or more,
But who the same is able to peruse:
Nor ought a man his labour dedicate,
Without a true and sensible desert,
To any power of such a mighty state
But such a wise defendress as thou art
Thou great and powerful Muse, then pardon me
That I presume thy maiden cheek to stain
In dedicating such a work to thee,
Sprung from the issue of an idle brain:
I use thee as a woman ought to be,
I consecrate my idle hours to thee.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100111 1111110101 1101001111 1101110101 11011110 0101010010 11010110101 11011111 11010011101 1101110111 010010111 1101011101 1111010111 1101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 539 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 420 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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