Analysis of Written In The Conclusion Of A Letter To Mr. Tickel,
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
Eternal King, is there one Hour,
To make me greatly bless'd?
When shall I have it in my Pow'r
To succour the Distress'd?
In vain, alas! my Heart o'erflows
With useless Tenderness;
Why must I feel Another's Woes,
And cannot make them less?
Yet I this Torture must endure;
'Tis not reserv'd for me
To ease the Sighing of the Poor,
Or set the Pris'ners free.
Scheme | XAXA BBBB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 010111110 111101 111110111 11001 0101111 110100 11110101 010111 11110101 110111 11010101 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 352 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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