Analysis of Late Wisdom
George Crabbe 1754 (Aldborough) – 1832 (Trowbridge)
WE'VE trod the maze of error round,
Long wandering in the winding glade;
And now the torch of truth is found,
It only shows us where we strayed:
By long experience taught, we know--
Can rightly judge of friends and foes;
Can all the worth of these allow,
And all the faults discern in those.
Now, 'tis our boast that we can quell
The wildest passions in their rage,
Can their destructive force repel,
And their impetuous wrath assuage.--
Ah, Virtue! dost thou arm when now
This bold rebellious race are fled?
When all these tyrants rest, and thou
Art warring with the mighty dead?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 110000101 01011111 11011111 110100111 11011101 11011101 01010101 111011111 01010011 11010101 01010101 11011111 11010111 11110101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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