Analysis of To A Friend,
Helen Maria Williams 1761 (London) – 1827
WHO SENT ME FLOWERS, WHEN CONFINED BY
ILLNESS.
WHILE sickness still my step detains
From scenes where vernal pleasure reigns,
Where Spring has bath'd with dewy tear
The blossoms of the op'ning year;
To soothe confinement's languid hours,
You send a lavish gift of flowers,
Midst whose soft odours mem'ry roves
O'er all the images she loves.
Not long their sweetness shall prevail,
Their rosy tints shall soon be pale,
Yet fancy in their fading hues
No emblem of our friendship views;
Its firm fidelity shall last,
When all the flowers of spring are past;
And when life's summer shall be o'er,
That summer which returns no more,
Still friendship, with perennial bloom,
Shall soften half the winter's gloom!
Scheme | XA AXXXBBAXCC DDEEXXFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 111101011 10 1101111 11110101 11111101 01010111 1111010 110101110 111111 101010011 11110101 11011111 11001101 110110101 11010011 110101111 011101110 11010111 110101001 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 695 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 10, 8 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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