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 |
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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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