Analysis of Inscriptions: VI: For A Column At Runnymede
Mark Akenside 1721 (Newcastle upon Tyne) – 1770
Thou, who the verdant plain dost traverse here,
While Thames among his willows from thy view
Retires; o stranger, stay thee, and the scene
Around contemplate well. This is the place
Where England's ancient barons, clad in arms
And stern with conquest, from their tyrant king
(Then render'd tame) did challenge and secure
The charter of thy freedom. Pass not on
Till thou hast bless'd their memory, and paid
Those thanks which God appointed the reward
Of public virtue. and if chance thy home
Salute thee with a father's honour'd name,
Go, call thy sons: instruct them what a debt
They owe their ancestors; and make them swear
To pay it, by transmitting down intire
Those sacred rights to which themselves were born.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNAO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011101 110111111 0111011001 011011101 1101010101 0111011101 1101110001 0101110111 1111110001 1111010001 1101001111 011101011 1111011101 111100111 111101011 1101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 708 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 569 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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