Analysis of Friar Lubin. (From The French)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
To gallop off to town post-haste,
So oft, the times I cannot tell;
To do vile deed, nor feel disgraced,--
Friar Lubin will do it well.
But a sober life to lead,
To honor virtue, and pursue it,
That's a pious, Christian deed,--
Friar Lubin can not do it.
To mingle, with a knowing smile,
The goods of others with his own,
And leave you without cross or pile,
Friar Lubin stands alone.
To say 't is yours is all in vain,
If once he lays his finger to it;
For as to giving back again,
Friar Lubin cannot do it.
With flattering words and gentle tone,
To woo and win some guileless maid,
Cunning pander need you none,--
Friar Lubin knows the trade.
Loud preacheth he sobriety,
But as for water, doth eschew it;
Your dog may drink it,--but not he;
Friar Lubin cannot do it.
ENVOY
When an evil deed 's to do
Friar Lubin is stout and true;
Glimmers a ray of goodness through it,
Friar Lubin cannot do it.
Scheme | ababxcxc dedexcxC efxfgcgC xhhcC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 11011101 11111101 10101111 1010111 110100011 1010101 10101111 11010101 01110111 01101111 1010101 111111101 111111011 11110101 10101011 110010101 11011101 1010111 1010101 1110100 111101011 11111111 10101011 10 11101111 10101101 100111011 10101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 876 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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