Analysis of Stella And Flavia.

Mary Barber 1685 – 1755



Stella and Flavia, ev'ry Hour,
Unnumber'd Hearts surprize:
In Stella's Soul lies all her Pow'r,
And Flavia's, in her Eyes.

More boundless Flavia's Conquests are,
And Stella's more confin'd:
All can discern a Face that's fair,
But few a lovely Mind.

Stella, like Britain's Monarch, reigns
O'er cultivated Lands;
Like Eastern Tyrants, Flavia deigns
To rule o'er barren Sands.

Then boast, fair Flavia, boast your Face,
Your Beauty's only Store:
Your Charms will ev'ry Day decrease,
Each Day gives Stella more.


Scheme XABA BCXC AAAA ADAD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 100100110 111 010111011 01001 110111 010101 11010111 110101 1011011 101001 110101001 1110101 111100111 11101 1111101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 499
Words 83
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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