Analysis of Lines Addressed To A.C.
Helen Maria Williams 1761 (London) – 1827
I.
DEAR Babe, soft object of my care,
Unseen, for whom I pour my pray'r;
Unknown, yet priz'd all else above,
The heir of my maternal love;
Ah, let me hail, in simplest lay,
Thy earliest New-Year's Day!
Nor past, nor future cloud thy brow,
Thy range of thought confin'd to now;
Calm on a mother's breast you lie,
And heed not if, with tearful eye,
For thee her wishes fondly stray
O'er many a New-Year's Day.
Yet soon the years in rapid flight
Shall wake thy heart to new delight;
Soon shall exulting youth draw near,
With charms so fresh, and hopes so dear;
And lovely as the bloom of May
Shall seem each New-Year's Day.
But ah, since Time at length will bring
No rapture on his weary wing,
Then, o'er thy path, no longer bright,
May Virtue shed a line of light,
That cheers the pilgrim, when his way
Leads to no New-Year's Day!
Scheme | AXXBBCC DDAACC EEFFCC GGEECC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1 11110111 011111111 01111101 01110101 11110101 1100111 11110111 11110111 11010111 01111101 11010101 10100111 11010101 11111101 11010111 11110111 01010111 111111 11111111 11011101 110111101 11010111 11010111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 842 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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