Analysis of Written For My Son In His Sickness, To One Of His School fellows.
I little thought that honest Dick
Would slight me so, when I was sick.
Is he a Friend, who only stays,
Whilst Health and Pleasure gild our Days;
Flies, when Disease our Temper sours,
Nor helps to pass the gloomy Hours?
Says my Mamma, who loves to make
Reflections for her Childrens sake;
You see how mortal Friendship ends--
My Child, secure celestial Friends:
Make Heav'n your chief, your early Care;
You'll meet no Disappointment there.
Build not on Length of Days, my Son;
Life's longest Race is quickly run.
Lay hold on ev'ry coming Hour;
Do all the Good that's in your Pow'r:
This will the sinking Heart sustain,
When Cordials are dispens'd in vain;
Asswage the racking Pains, that seize
On Limbs devoted to Disease;
The Place of fleeting Friends supply;
Pour balmy Slumbers on thine Eye;
Shield thee from Terrors of the Night,
And wing thy Pray'rs to Realms of Light;
Thy ev'ry painful Care dismiss,
And crown thee with eternal Bliss.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFFGGXXHHIIJJKKLL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 11111111 11011101 110101101 1101101010 111101010 11101111 01010101 11110101 11010101 11111101 1110101 11111111 11011101 11111010 110110111 11010101 11010101 1010111 11010101 01110101 1101111 11110101 01111111 1110101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 923 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 20 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 368 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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